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"
ReleasedMay 5, 1964
RecordedMarch 28, 1964
GenrePop music
Length2:36
LabelMercury 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]

  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