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If You Don't Want My Love

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"If You Don't Want My Love"
Single by Robert John
from the album If You Don't Want My Love
B-side"Don't"
ReleasedApril 1968
GenrePop
Length2:25
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Michael Gately, R. Pedrick, L. David
Producer(s)David Rubinson
Robert John singles chronology
"White Bucks and Saddle Shoes"
(1958)
"If You Don't Want My Love"
(1968)
"When the Party Is Over"
(1970)

"If You Don't Want My Love" is a song by Robert John (aka Ben Rochinski) from 1968. It became a hit in the U.S. (Billboard #49, Cash Box #34) and the UK (#42). It did best in Canada, where it reached #21.

The song was written and performed with Michael Gately, as was the B-side of the single, "Don't".

"If You Don't Want My Love" was the first charting hit of John's adult career. At age 12 he had previously had a minor hit in 1958 with "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes" under his given name, Bobby Pedrick Jr.

Chart history

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Chart (1968) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[1] 21
UK (OCC) 42
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 49
US Cash Box Top 100[3] 34
US Record World 65

References

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  1. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  3. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/25/68". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
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