I Don't Wanna Lose at Love

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
Single by Tanita Tikaram
from the album The Cappuccino Songs
A-side	I Don't Wanna Lose At Love
B-side	Only One Boy in the Crowd, In Your Time
Released	17 August 1998
Format	CD single
Recorded	January 1997
Genre	Folk Rock
Length	3:56 (radio version) 4:20 (album version)
Label	Mother Records
Writer(s)	Tanita Tikaram, Marco Sabiu, Värttinä
Producer(s)	Marco Sabiu
Tanita Tikaram singles chronology
Stop Listening (1998) I Don't Wanna Lose At Love (1998) If I Ever (1998)

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" is the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's sixth studio album The Cappuccino Songs.

Background

"I Don't Wanna Lose at Love" has a distinctive string intro, which is looped throughout the song, that is sampled from Finnish folk-rock band Värttinä's 1992 song "Seelinnikoi". The group received a credit as co-writers of the song.

Released as the lead-off single of Tikaram's album The Cappuccino Songs, the single mix differs from the album version, and was given a poppier sound by Stephen Lironi. The song was given additional remixes by noted remixers of Indian ascent Asian Dub Foundation and Talvin Singh.

The single was released as a two-part CD in the UK. It peaked at #73 there, and to date it's Tikaram's last single to chart in that country.

Releases

• UK CD single 1

1. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
2. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Love Loss Asian Dub Foundation Remix) — 4:28
3. "In Your Time" — 3:46

• UK CD single 2

1. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
2. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (XT Talvin Singh Mix) — 7:18
3. "Only One Boy In The Crowd" - 3:38

Charts