I Don't Want To

"I Don't Want To"
Artwork for US CD maxi-single. US CD single and non-US releases use this artwork with different background color; non-US releases omit "I Love Me Some Him" on the front cover
Single by Toni Braxton
from the album Secrets
B-side"I Love Me Some Him"
ReleasedMarch 11, 1997
RecordedMay 1996[1]
GenreR&B
Length4:17
LabelLaFace
Songwriter(s)R. Kelly
Producer(s)R. Kelly
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"Un-Break My Heart"
(1996)
"I Don't Want To" / "I Love Me Some Him"
(1997)
"How Could an Angel Break My Heart"
(1997)
Music video
"I Don't Want To'" on YouTube

"I Don't Want To" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Toni Braxton for her second studio album, Secrets (1996). It was released as the third single from the album on March 11, 1997; in the United States it was released as a double A-side with "I Love Me Some Him". Written and produced by R. Kelly, the R&B ballad describes the agony of a break-up. The song was well received by music critics, who were complimentary about Kelly's production.

The single reached the top-ten in Iceland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and the top-twenty in six countries, including Canada and the United States, where it shot to number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart during the summer of 1997. While not as successful as the two preceding singles, it became her third consecutive chart-topper on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in July 1997, following "You're Makin' Me High" and "Un-Break My Heart".

The accompanying music video was shot during a hectic time in Braxton's career. After the commercial success from the preceding singles and co-headlining a tour with Kenny G, Braxton was exhausted. The time schedule for a video was roughly one day for director Bille Woodruff. A simple video featured Braxton wandering around in a white room wearing a white tanktop, blue jeans and a built up shoe.

  1. ^ R. Kelly: The New King of R&B. Ebony Man (EM). May 1996.