I Don't Wanna Be a Loser

"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser"
Single by Lesley Gore
from the album Boys, Boys, Boys
B-side	"It's Gotta Be You"
Released	May 5, 1964
Recorded	March 28, 1964
Genre	Pop music
Length	2:36
Label	Mercury Records 72270
Songwriter(s)	Ben Raleigh, Mark Barkan
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
Lesley Gore singles chronology
"That's the Way Boys Are" (1964) "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" (1964) "Maybe I Know" (1964)

"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" is a song written by Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan and performed by Lesley Gore. It reached #12 on the adult contemporary chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.[1] It was featured on her 1964 album, Boys, Boys, Boys.[2]

Billboard described the song as a "fine teen ballad sung with grace and feeling."[3] Cash Box described it as "a dramatic beat-ballad hip-swinger that Leslie delivers in her effective teen fashion" with a "tasteful" arrangement by Claus Ogerman.[4]

The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman.[5] It was featured in the soundtrack of the 1964 movie The Pawnbroker.[6]

References

1. Lesley Gore, "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" Chart Positions Retrieved January 13, 2015
2. Lesley Gore, Boys, Boys, Boys Retrieved January 13, 2015
3. "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. May 16, 1964. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
4. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 16, 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
5. Lesley Gore, "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" single release Retrieved January 13, 2015
6. The Pawnbroker Soundtrack Retrieved February 18, 2015