I Don't Wanna Be a Star

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"I Don't Wanna Be a Star"
I don't wanna be a star.jpg
Single by Corona
from the album The Rhythm of the Night
ReleasedNovember 27, 1995
RecordedJanuary 1995
StudioCasablanca, Italy
Genre
Length3:58
Label
  • ZYX
  • Airplay Records
  • Polygram
Songwriter(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)
Music video
"I Don't Wanna Be a Star" on YouTube

"I Don't Wanna Be a Star" is a song by the Italian band Corona, released in November 1995 as the fourth and last single from their debut album, The Rhythm of the Night. It was a club hit in many European countries, but unlike the previous Corona singles, it had disco sonorities.[1] The song wasn't able to eclipse the success of "The Rhythm of the Night" or "Baby Baby", but achieved moderate success in Europe. It peaked at number-one in both Italy and Spain, number 5 in Hungary and number 6 in Finland. In the UK and on the Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked within the Top 30. It is Corona's last major hit to date.

Critical reception[]

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis described the song as "irresistible" and picked it as one of the standout tracks on the album The Rhythm of the Night.[2] British magazine Music Week gave it three out of five, writing, "A Seventies version featuring Chic-like string flourishes, handclaps and syn-drums, which should go down a storm in the gay clubs."[3] Pop Rescue deemed it a "catchy" song, noting the single version as "laden with a disco sound", while the album version is not.[4]

Chart performance[]

"I Don't Wanna Be a Star" was a major hit in several countries, although it didn't reach as high as the band's three first singles. It peaked at number-one in Spain and Italy, and reached the Top 10 also in Finland and Hungary. Additionally, the single was a Top 20 hit in France, Iceland and Scotland. In the UK, it went to number 22 on December 17, 1995,[5] in its first week on the UK Singles Chart. But on the RM On A Pop Tip Club Chart, it reached number-one.[6] On the Eurochart Hot 100, it also reached the Top 30, peaking at number 23 in January 1996. Outside Europe, the song hit number 6 on the RPM dance chart in Canada, number 23 in Israel and number 109 in Australia.

Music video[]

The music video for "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" was shot in Rome, Italy. Many famous places from the city can be seen in the video, like Colosseum, Harry's Bar, and Via Veneto. Many scenes are also showing Corona's frontwoman Olga de Souza singing in front of the Trevi Fountain. Other scenes show her in a restaurant where she poses for photographs or sitting in a taxi while paparazzi are following her. The video is made in a 70s-style, and throughout the video, de Souza wears many different costumes and wigs in different colors.[7] It was uploaded to YouTube in September 2014. As of September 2020, the video has got more than 734,000 views.

Track listings[]

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

Charts[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 294 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ "Corona - The Rhythm of the Night". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 2 December 1995. p. 18. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ "REVIEW: "THE RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT" BY CORONA (CD, 1995)". Pop Rescue. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 17 December 1995 - 23 December 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ "The RM On A Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 9 December 1995. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Corona - I Don't Wanna Be a Star [Official Video]". YouTube. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05". Imgur. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "I Don't Wanna Be a Star", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 13, 2008)
  10. ^ "Top RPM Dance/Urban: Issue 2915." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Top 10 Hungary" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  13. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (10.02.1996 – 16.02.1996)" (PDF). Dagblaðið Vísir – Tónlist. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  14. ^ Israel Top-30 02.01.1996
  15. ^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13 no. 1. 6 January 1996. p. 11. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Corona - I Don't Wanna Be A Star" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
  17. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 (17 December 1995-23 December 1995)". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  18. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  19. ^ "I Don't Wanna Be a Star", UK Singles Chart Official Charts Company (Retrieved August 10, 2008)
  20. ^ "The RM On A Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 9 December 1995. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  21. ^ "1996 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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