"I Want Love" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album Songs from the West Coast | ||||
Released | 24 September 2001[1] | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
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"I Want Love" on YouTube |
"I Want Love" is a 2001 song by English musician Elton John, co-written with Bernie Taupin,[2] released as the first single from his Songs from the West Coast album. The song reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom.[3] In the US, "I Want Love" reached No. 10 on the Billboard "Bubbling Under" chart and number six on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4] The song also featured in an advert for Royal Mail, in which John starred.[5] It was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.[6]
"I Want Love" is present in the musical biopic film Rocketman, sung by a cast including Kit Connor, Steven Mackintosh, Bryce Dallas Howard and Gemma Jones.
The music video was shot with the actor Robert Downey Jr. walking through Greystone Mansion and lip-syncing the song.[7] Video director Sam Taylor-Johnson shot 16 takes of the video and used the last one because, according to John, Downey looked completely relaxed, and, "The way he underplays it is fantastic".[8]
Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | 63 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[10] | 15 |
France (SNEP)[11] | 67 |
Ireland (IRMA)[12] | 34 |
Italy (FIMI)[13] | 14 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] | 31 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] | 49 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 31 |
UK Singles (OCC)[17] | 9 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[18] | 10 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[19] | 6 |
Chart (2001) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[20] | 72 |
UK Singles (OCC)[21] | 141 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[22] | 29 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[23] | 136 |
Chris Stapleton covered "I Want Love" in the spring of 2018. It is included on the compilation album, Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin.[24][2]