I Want Love

"I Want Love"
Single by Elton John
from the album Songs from the West Coast
Released24 September 2001[1]
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:35 (LP version)
  • 3:57 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Elton John singles chronology
"Perfect Day"
(2001) 		"I Want Love"
(2001) 		"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
(2002)
Music video
"I Want Love" on YouTube

"I Want Love" is a 2001 song by English musician Elton John, co-written with Bernie Taupin,[2] released as the first single from his Songs from the West Coast album. The song reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom.[3] In the US, "I Want Love" reached No. 10 on the Billboard "Bubbling Under" chart and number six on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] The song also featured in an advert for Royal Mail, in which John starred.[5] It was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.[6]

"I Want Love" is present in the musical biopic film Rocketman, sung by a cast including Kit Connor, Steven Mackintosh, Bryce Dallas Howard and Gemma Jones.

  1. ^ "Elton John – I Want Love (2001, CD1, CD)". Discogs. 24 September 2001. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  2. ^ Lewis, Randy (7 April 2018). "Bernie Taupin reflects on 50 years of working with Elton John — and why their songs have endured". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Elton John | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Elton John in a Royal Mail commercial ~ Old!". 17 January 2015 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "2001 Grammy Award Winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 1 May 2011.