I Don't Wanna Be a Star

"I Don't Wanna Be a Star"
Single by Corona
from the album The Rhythm of the Night
Released November 27, 1995
Format CD single
CD maxi
7" maxi
12" maxi
Recorded 1995
Genre Euro disco, Eurodance
Length 3:58
Label ZYX
Airplay Records
Polygram
Writer(s) Francesco Bontempi
Antonia Bottari
Ivana Spagna
Producer(s) Checco
Soul Train
Corona singles chronology
"Try Me Out"
(1995)		 "I Don't Wanna Be a Star"
(1995)		 "Megamix"
(1997)

"I Don't Wanna Be a Star" is a song by the Italian band Corona. It was released in November 1995 as the fourth and last single from their 1995 debut album, The Rhythm of the Night.

It was a nightclub hit in many European countries, but unlike the previous Corona singles, it had disco sonorities.[1] "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" wasn't able to eclipse the success of "The Rhythm of the Night" or "Baby Baby", but achieved moderate success as a fourth single from a year-old album. It managed to reach number 6 in Finland, hit the Top 25 in the UK (during the busiest time of the year, around Christmas) and topped at number 1 on charts in Spain.

It is Corona's last major hit.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (70's radio edit) — 4:33
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow E.U.R.O. radio edit) — 3:58
CD maxi
  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow E.U.R.O. radio edit) — 3:58
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow 70's radio edit) — 4:33
  3. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow club mix) — 5:32
  4. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow eurobeat mix) — 6:51
  5. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow & the Magnificent 70's mix) — 6:27
  6. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow original long mix) — 4:57
  7. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (UK hardcor-ona dub) — 5:37
  8. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (a cappella) — 3:58
12" maxi

A-side :

  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow eurobeat mix) — 6:51
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow club mix) — 5:32
  3. "I Don't Wanna Be A Star" (Lee Marrow E.U.R.O. radio edit) — 3:58
  4. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (a cappella) — 3:58

B-side :

  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow & the Magnificent 70's mix) — 6:27
  2. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow original long mix) — 4:57
  3. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow 70's radio edit) — 4:33
  4. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (UK hardcor-ona dub) — 5:37
7" maxi

A-side :

  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star (Lee Marrow & the Magnificent 70's mix) — 6:27

B-side :

  1. "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" (Lee Marrow eurobeat mix) — 6:51

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 109
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 25
Canadian RPM Dance Chart[4] 6
Finnish Singles Chart[3] 6
French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 18
German Singles Chart[3] 69
Italian Singles Chart[5] 2
Spain (AFYVE) 1
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 37
UK Singles Chart[6] 22

Personnel

  • Created, arranged and produced by Checco and Soul Train for a Lee Marrow production
  • Engineered by Francesco Alberti at Casablanca Recordings (Italy), Graphic Art Sunrise (Italy)
  • 'UK Hardcor-Ona Dub' :
    • Remix and additional production by Gino Olivieri and Ivan Palvin for Premier Musik Productions Inc.
    • Assisted by Marco Vani
    • Mix engineered by Bruno Ruffolo at In-Da-Mix Studio, Montreal (Canada)
    • Re-organised, replayed and reconstructed by DJ Moisha and Mixmaster Irving

References

  1. ↑ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 294 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "I Don't Wanna Be a Star", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 13, 2008)
  4. ↑ Canada peak position
  5. ↑ Italian peak positions
  6. ↑ "I Don't Wanna Be a Star", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved August 10, 2008)

External links

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