I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love (The Emotions song)

"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
Single by The Emotions
from the album Flowers
A-side"Flowers"
Released1976
GenrePop, R&B
Length4:57
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Wanda Hutchinson, Jeanette Hawes
Producer(s)Maurice White, Charles Stepney
The Emotions singles chronology
"Flowers"
(1976) 		"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
(1976) 		"Best of My Love"
(1977)

"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions for their 1976 album Flowers.[1] It was released a single by Columbia Records, reaching No. 13 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[2][3]

Overview

"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" was written by Wanda Hutchinson and Jeanette Hawes.

Critical reception

Amy Hanson of AllMusic described "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" as a song that "sizzled with Verdine White's classic, elastic bass".[4]

Covers and samples

"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" was covered by B Angie B as the lead single of her self-titled 1991 album.[5]

The song was also sampled by rock band Primal Scream on the track Loaded on their 1991 album Screamadelica.[5]

References

  1. ^ The Emotions: I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love. Columbia Records. 1976.
  2. ^ "The Emotions – I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  3. ^ "The Emotions: I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love (Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  4. ^ Hanson, Amy. The Emotions: Flowers – review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  5. ^ a b "The Emotions: I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love". genius.com.


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