I Don't Need

"I Don't Need" is a song written by Ike Turner. It was released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner on Modern Records in 1965.[1]

"I Don't Need"
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
from the album The Soul of Ike & Tina
B-side"Gonna Have Fun"
ReleasedAugust 1965
GenreR&B
Length2:15
LabelModern Records
Songwriter(s)Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"Good Bye, So Long"
(1965)		 "I Don't Need"
(1965)		 "Two Is a Couple"
(1965)

Release

"I Don't Need" was Ike & Tina Turner's second release on the newly revived Modern label.[2] Tina Turner promoted the record on Shindig! in August 1965. The single reached No. 134 on Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100.[3] Turner performed the B-side "Gonna Have Fun" on Hollywood A Go-Go and Where the Action Is.[4] "I Don't Need" and "Gonna Have Fun" later appeared on the compilation album The Soul of Ike & Tina (1966), which was released on Modern's follow-up label, Kent Records, and on The Kent Years (2000).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ike Turner

No.TitleLength
1."I Don't Need"2:25
2."Gonna Have Fun"2:10

Chart performance
Chart (1965) Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[5] 134

References
  1. "Spotlight Singles: R&B Spotlights" (PDF). Billboard. August 14, 1965. p. 16.
  2. Broven, John (2009). Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'n' Roll Pioneers. University of Illinois Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-252-03290-5.
  3. "I Don't Need (song by Ike & Tina Turner)". Music VF, US & UK hits charts. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. "Thursday on Eight". Sun-Journal. October 6, 1965. p. 24.
  5. "Bubbling Under The Hot 100" (PDF). Billboard. August 7, 1965. p. 20.
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