Don't You Want Me (Felix song)

"Don't You Want Me"
Single by Felix
from the album #1
B-side	Remix
Released	23 February 1992
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi, cassette
Genre	House music, Eurodance, Dance
Length	4:01 (Album Version) 3:10 (Single Version)
Label	RCA, BMG, Deconstruction, Big Beat
Writer(s)	Felix
Producer	Felix
Felix singles chronology
"Don't You Want Me" (1992) "It Will Make Me Crazy" (1992)

"Don't You Want Me" is a dance / electronic song recorded by British DJ and producer Francis Wright, known under the pseudonym of Felix. It was released as his debut single from his album #1 in late 1992. Musically, it samples Jomanda's "Don't You Want My Love" and credited as Felix featuring Jomanda (co-produced by Rollo and Red Jerry). It went to number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart in 1992. In 1995 and 1996, the song charted again, but in remixed form.

This song is largely considered to be the track that launched the hardbag explosion. It appears on the compilation The Best Dance Album in the World... Ever! in remixed form, and was used in the episode "New Girl" of the TV series The Office. It was also famously featured in St George, a 1997 Tango Blackcurrant advertisement for television. On the single re-release, the Tango Blackcurrant logo even appeares.

Cover versions

A remix of the song "Don't You Want Me: Pugilist Mix" formed the soundtrack to the multi award-winning TV commercial for Blackcurrant Tango.

In 2005, Crazy Frog made its own version of the song, available on the album More Crazy Hits.

"Don't You Want Me" was sampled by Meck in 2007 to provide the majority of the music for his single "Feels Like Home". In 2008, Madonna used elements of Meck's version during "Like a Prayer" on the Sticky & Sweet Tour.

The song was also covered by Belgian Jazz musician Jef Neve as part of the soundtrack for the movie adaptation of Dimitri Verhulst's De Helaasheid der Dingen.

In 2011, David Guetta used the track for the basis of the radio remix for Snoop Dogg's single "Sweat (Wet)."

Track listings

12" maxi "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:58 "Don't You Want Me" (red Jerry's holiday mix) – 4:39 "Don't You Want Me" (fierce mix) – 5:07 12" maxi "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:58 "Don't You Want Me" (original) – 4:43 "Yes You Do" – 4:47 7" single / CD single "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix edit) – 3:11 "Don't You Want Me" (original mix) – 4:53 CD maxi "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix edit) – 3:11 "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:58 "Don't You Want Me" (red Jerry's holiday mix) – 4:39 "Don't You Want Me" (fierce mix) – 5:07 CD maxi "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix edit) – 3:11 "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:58 "Don't You Want Me" (original mix) – 4:53 "Don't You Want Me" (red Jerry's holiday mix) – 4:40 "Don't You Want Me" (fierce mix) – 5:06

Cassette "Don't You Want Me" (hooj Mix edit) "Don't You Want Me" (original mix) "Don't You Want Me" (hooj Mix edit) "Don't You Want Me" (original mix) CD maxi - 1995 remixes "Don't You Want Me (Patrick Prins remix edit) – 3:23 "Don't You Want Me (hooj mix edit) – 3:11 "Don't You Want Me (Patrick Prins remix) – 6:17 "Don't You Want Me (hooj mix) – 5:53 "Don't You Want Me (DJ Professor mix) – 7:54 "Don't You Want Me (candy girls remix) – 7:30 12" maxi - 1995 remixes "Don't You Want Me" (Patrick Prins remix) – 6:17 "Don't You Want Me" (candy girls remix) – 7:30 "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:53 "Don't You Want Me" (DJ Professor mix) – 7:54 CD maxi - 1996 remixes "Don't You Want Me" (remix '96 Pugilist mix) – 3:40 "Stars" (Felix mix edit) – 3:37 "It Will Make Me Crazy" (big mix edit) – 3:52 "Don't You Want Me" (hooj mix) – 5:58

Charts and sales

Peak positions Chart (1992/93) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 17 Austrian Singles Chart[1] 3 Dutch Top 40[2] 3 Finnish Singles Chart[1] 16 French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 4 German Singles Chart[1] 2 Irish Singles Chart[3] 7 Norwegian Singles Chart[1] 5 Swedish Singles Chart[1] 4 Swiss Singles Chart[1] 1 UK Singles Chart[4] 6 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5] 1 Chart (1995) Peak position UK Singles Chart 1 [6] 10 Chart (1996) Peak position UK Singles Chart 2 [7] 17 1 1995 remixes 2 1996 remixes

End of year charts End of year chart (1992) Position Dutch Top 40[2] 27 End of year chart (1993) Position Swiss Singles Chart[8] 34 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified France[9] Silver 1992 125,000 Germany[10] Gold 1992 150,000

Chart successions

Preceded by "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" by Inner Circle	Swiss number-one single 15 November 1992 – 6 December 1992 (4 weeks)	Succeeded by "Die da" by Die Fantastischen Vier
Preceded by "Deeper and Deeper" by Madonna	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single 6 February 1993 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Gonna Get Back to You" by MAW and Co. featuring Xaviera Gold

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Don't You Want Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
2. ^ ^{a b} "Single top 100 over 1992" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201992.pdf. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
3. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
4. ^ "Don't You Want Me", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
5. ^ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
6. ^ "Don't You Want Me" (1995 remixes), UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
7. ^ "Don't You Want Me" (1996 remixes), UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
8. ^ "1993 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. http://www.swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1993. Retrieved 14 April 2010. 
9. ^ French certifications See: "Les Ventes" => "Toutes les certifications depuis 1973" => "FELIX" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved 14 April 2009)
10. ^ "German certifications – Don't You Want Me" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Don%27t+You+Want+Me&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 14 April 2009.