Les Paul & Mary Ford – I Really Don’t Want to Know

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

I Really Don’t Want to Know (Song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I Really Don’t Want to Know” is a popular song written by Don Robertson (music) and Howard Barnes (lyrics). The song was published in 1953.

The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs of 1954, reaching No. 11 in the charts.

Ronnie Dove version

“I Really Don’t Want to Know”
Single by Ronnie Dove
from the album Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You
B-side“Years of Tears”
ReleasedAugust 1966
Recorded1966
GenrePop
Length2:49
LabelDiamond
SongwritersH. Barnes, D. Robertson
ProducerPhil Kahl
Ronnie Dove singles chronology
Happy Summer Days
(1966)”I Really Don’t Want to Know
(1966)”Cry
(1966)

Ronnie Dove recorded the song on Diamond Records in the summer of 1966. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

Chart positions

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10022
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)12
Ronnie Dove – I Really Don't Want To Know

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You (Album)

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You LP.jpeg
By Diamond Records – https://www.discogs.com/Ronnie-Dove-Sings-The-Hits-For-You/master/675478, Fair use, Link

Studio album by Ronnie Dove
Released1966
GenrePop
LabelDiamond
ProducerPhil Kahl, Ray Vernon
Ronnie Dove chronology
The Best of Ronnie Dove
(1966)Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You
(1966)Cry
(1967)

Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You is Ronnie Dove‘s fourth studio album (and fifth album release) for Diamond Records.

History

The album gathers Ronnie’s latest singles “I Really Don’t Want to Know”, “Happy Summer Days“, and “Let’s Start All Over Again”, all of which hit the charts in 1966. Mountain of Love” would later appear as the B-side to a 1968 Ronnie Dove single “Never Gonna Cry”. However, “Mountain of Love” would be the side to chart. It did not make the Top 40.

The song “Happy Summer Days” was featured in a commercial for Amazon in 2019.

Release

The original album was released in both mono and stereo. The album was reissued in the 90s, and was again reissued, from the original album masters, in 2020.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine’s Top LP’s chart in the issue dated October 22, 1966, peaking at No. 122 during a five-week run on the chart.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)Jimmie Hodges3:30
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
2.I Really Don’t Want to KnowHoward Barnes, Don Robertson2:55
I Really Don't Want to Know
3.On a Slow Boat to ChinaFrank Loesser2:33
On a Slow Boat to China
4.“Long After”Larry Kusik, Ritchie Adams2:30
Long After
5.Happy Summer DaysLarry Kusik, Ritchie Adams, Wes Farrell2:08
Happy Summer Days
6.Let’s Start All Over AgainAl Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn2:30
Let's Start All Over Again
7.Mountain Of LoveHarold Dorman2:18
Mountain of Love
8.“I Found You Just In Time”Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton2:08
I Found You (Just in Time)
9.“I’m the One Who Taught You How”Chip Taylor2:20
I'm the One Who Taught You How
10.“Almost In Paradise”Kenny Young, Artie Resnick2:37
Almost in Paradise
11.“That Empty Feeling”Ronnie Dove2:20
That Empty Feeling

Charts

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs122

Elvis Presley version

Elvis Presley – as a single and on his album Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) (recorded 1970, released 1971). Presley’s cover became a gold record.

“I Really Don’t Want to Know”

Elvis I Really Don't Want To Know PS.png
By RCA Records – www.elvisthemusic.com, Fair use, Link

Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Elvis Country
A-side“I Really Don’t Want To Know”
B-sideThere Goes My Everything
ReleasedDecember 8, 1970
RecordedJune 7, 1970
StudioRCA Studio BNashville
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
SongwritersHoward Barnes, Don Robertson
ProducerFelton Jarvis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
(1970)”I Really Don’t Want to Know” / “There Goes My Everything
(1970)”Rags to Riches
(1971)
Chart (1970)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 10021
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles23
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening2
Canadian RPM Top Singles9
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary7
I Really Don't Want to Know

Other recordings

  • Tommy Edwards‘s version hit the pop top 20 in 1960, peaking at No. 18.
I Really Don't Want To Know
  • Eddy Arnold’s version was a number one country song in 1954, and was on his album You Gotta Have Love (1960).
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don't Want To Know
Solomon Burke – I Really Don't Want to Know (1962)
I Really Don't Want to Know
  • Connie Francis – for her album Country Music – Connie Style (1962).
I Really Don't Want To Know
  • Kay Starr – for the album Just Plain Country (1962).
I Really Don't Want To Know
  • Al Martino – for his album I Love You Because (1963).
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
  • Eydie Gormé – for her album Gormé Country Style (1964).
I Really Don t Want to Know
Gene Pitney – I Really Don't Want To Know (1965)
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want To Know
  • Chen Fen Lan, a Taiwanese singer, included it in her LP album Golden Record in (1970).
陳芬蘭 Chen Fen Lan — b4 過去的春夢 (I Really Don't Want to Know)
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don't Want To Know
I Really Don’t Want To Know
I Don't Know How to Love Him
I Really Don't Want to Know
  • Ann Margret
Ann Margret – I Really Don't Want To Know (앤 마그레트 – ♪ 정말 알고 싶지 않아)가사번역, 한글자막
I Really Don't Want To Know
  • Joni James
"I Really Don't Want to Know" Joni James
I Really Don't Want to Know
I Really Don't Want to Know
  • Knud Pfeiffer wrote the Danish lyrics. The Danish title is “Jeg ønsker ikke dit svar”. Raquel Rastenni with Harry Felbert’s sixtet and chorus recorded it in Copenhagen in 1954. The song was released on His Master’s Voice X 8219.
  • Japanese version was sung by Yōichi Sugawara (菅原洋一) as “Shiritakunai no” (知りたくないの) in 1965.
知りたくないの 菅原洋一
  • This song was covered in Mandarin Chinese language, given the title name of 過去的春夢 (Passed Memory) with Chinese lyrics written by Li Rui Cheng (李瑞成), recorded by various female and male singers, such as Rou Yun (柔雲) in 1956,
Guo Qu De Chun Meng
  • Judi Jim (詹小屏) in 1973 from Hong Kong;
詹小萍演唱《过去的春梦》
  • Zi Wei (紫薇) in 1969,
過去的春夢
  • Bao Na-Na (包娜娜) in 1976,
包娜娜 ~ 過去的春夢
姚蘇蓉 – 過去的春夢 / I Really Don’t Want To Know [涙盈篇] KTV 滾動字幕歌詞版
  • Long Piao-Piao (龍飄飄),
過去的春夢
  • Yu Ya (尤雅) in 2002 from Taiwan,
尤雅 過去的春夢 動態歌詞
11 凌霄+ +过去的春梦

Answer song

  • “I Really Want You to Know” by Skeeter Davis was released by RCA in 1961 as an answer song to Eddy Arnold’s version of the song.
I Really Want You to Know
A Love Song for Bobby Long 2004 BluRay 720p fzmovies net f52cf14b9626644fb4a2c32df6cceb3c

Comments

Write a comment

*