I Don't Need
| "I Don't Need" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
| from the album The Soul of Ike & Tina | ||||
| B-side | "Gonna Have Fun" | |||
| Released | August 1965 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Modern Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ike Turner | |||
| Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology | ||||
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"I Don't Need" is a song written by Ike Turner. It was released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on Modern Records in 1965.[1]
Release
[edit]"I Don't Need" was Ike & Tina Turner's second release on the newly revived Modern label.[2] Tina Turner promoted the record on Shindig! in August 1965. The single reached No. 134 on Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100.[3] Turner performed the B-side "Gonna Have Fun" on Hollywood A Go-Go and Where the Action Is.[4] "I Don't Need" and "Gonna Have Fun" later appeared on the compilation album The Soul of Ike & Tina (1966), which was released on Modern's follow-up label, Kent Records, and on The Kent Years (2000).
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Ike Turner
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Don't Need" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Gonna Have Fun" | 2:10 |
Chart performance
[edit]| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[5] | 134 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Spotlight Singles: R&B Spotlights" (PDF). Billboard. August 14, 1965. p. 16.
- ^ Broven, John (2009). Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers. University of Illinois Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-252-03290-5.
- ^ "I Don't Need (song by Ike & Tina Turner)". Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ "Thursday on Eight". Sun-Journal. October 6, 1965. p. 24.
- ^ "Bubbling Under The Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. August 7, 1965. p. 20.