I Just Wanna Be Loved

"I Just Wanna Be Loved" is the first single from Culture Club's fifth album, Don't Mind If I Do (1999). The song was released in the United States in August 1998 to promote Culture Club's reformation US tour and the live album and compilation VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Moments. It failed to generate interest on US radio. The song was then released worldwide in late 1998 and entered at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart during a week when the top five positions were held by new entries for the first time.[1]

"I Just Wanna Be Loved"
Single by Culture Club
from the album Don't Mind If I Do
B-side"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Quivver Mix)
Released19 October 1998 (1998-10-19)
GenrePop-reggae
Length4:32 (album version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richie Stevens
Culture Club singles chronology
"Gusto Blusto"
(1986)		 "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
(1998)		 "Your Kisses Are Charity"
(1999)
Music video
"I Just Wanna Be Loved" on YouTube

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis noted "the light reggae influence" on the song in his review of Don't Mind If I Do.[2] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that "this fine new recording shows 'em in far better form than on their last two '80s-era albums." He noted that "set to a shuffling pop-reggae groove somewhat similar to their classic hit "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me", "I Just Wanna Be Loved" tingles with warm yet worldly lyrics and a crazy-catchy chorus that you'll be humming for hours after one listen." He added that Boy George "is in peak vocal form, while band-mates Roy Hay, Jon Moss, and Mike Craig play with astonishingly sharp precision."[3] Sarah Davis from Dotmusic described it as "a lovers rock workout that evokes all the best memories of the Eighties", adding that George "is in fine voice".[4]

Track listings

CD single

  1. "I Just Wanna Be Loved" (single version)
  2. "I Just Wanna Be Loved" (Magic Man remix)
  3. "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (Quivver Mix)

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 11 August 1998 (1998-08-11)
Virgin [12]
United Kingdom 19 October 1998 (1998-10-19)
  • CD
  • cassette
 [13]

References
  1. Jones, Alan (31 October 1998). "Chart Commentary". Music Week. p. 16.
  2. "Culture Club - Don't Mind If I Do". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 8 August 1998. p. 21. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. Davis, Sarah (28 September 1998). "CULTURE CLUB - I JUST WANNA BE LOVED (VIRGIN)". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 1 September 2000. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  6. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 15, no. 45. 7 November 1998. p. 14. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  7. "Culture Club – I Just Wanna Be Loved" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.11.1998 – 04.11.1998)" (PDF). Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 27 November 1998. p. 12. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  11. "Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100". Music Week. 16 January 1999. p. 7.
  12. "New Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1260. 7 August 1998. pp. 72, 77.
  13. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 October 1998. p. 29. Retrieved 6 July 2021. Misprinted as 19 September.
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