I Want Love

"I Want Love"
"I Want Love"
Single by Elton John
from the album Songs from the West Coast
Released	24 September 2001
Genre	Rock
Length	4:35
Label	Rocket; Mercury;
Songwriter(s)	Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Elton John singles chronology
Music video
	"I Want Love" on YouTube

"I Want Love" is a 2001 song by Elton John, co-written with Bernie Taupin.^[2] It was released as a 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. 110 on the Billboard Hot 100's "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]

The song was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.^[6]

"I Want Love" is included as the second song in the soundtrack of the 2019 film Rocketman.

Music video[]

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Route scheme in the music video

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-Wood 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 history[]

Chart (2001–02)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	63
Belgium	65
Canada RPM Top Singles	7
Italy^[9]	14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	31
New Zealand (RIANZ)	49
Poland^[10]	49
Switzerland	31
UK Singles Chart (The Official Charts Company)^[11]	9
US Billboard Bubbling Under^[12]	110
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[13]	6

Chris Stapleton cover[]

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.^[14]^[15]

References[]

^ https://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-I-Want-Love/release/1624665
^ Lewis, Randy (April 7, 2018). "Bernie Taupin reflects on 50 years of working with Elton John — and why their songs have endured." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
^ UK Official Charts, 6 October 2001
^ Adult Contemporary Archive, December 8, 2001 Billboard Adult Contemporary, December 8, 2001
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzZh5435Ho
^ "2001 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
^ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (August 3, 2001). "Elton John Casts Robert Downey Jr. In His New Video". MTV News. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
^ Rankin, Rebecca. "Elton John: California Love (Interview)". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 14, 2001. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^ https://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=1373&sort=chartid&string=elton
^ https://lp3.polskieradio.pl/
^ UK Official Charts, 6 October 2001
^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
^ Adult Contemporary Archive, December 8, 2001 Billboard Adult Contemporary, December 8, 2001
^ Newman, Melinda (April 3, 2018). "Chris Stapleton Talks Covering Elton John for 'Restoration': Exclusive Amazon Music Preview". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
^ Lewis, Randy (April 7, 2018). "Bernie Taupin reflects on 50 years of working with Elton John — and why their songs have endured." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

External links[]

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[1] ttps://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-I-Want-Love/release/1624665

[2] Lewis, Randy (April 7, 2018). "Bernie Taupin reflects on 50 years of working with Elton John — and why their songs have endured." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

[3] UK Official Charts, 6 October 2001

[4] Adult Contemporary Archive, December 8, 2001 Billboard Adult Contemporary, December 8, 2001

[5] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzZh5435Ho

[6] "2001 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[7] Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric (August 3, 2001). "Elton John Casts Robert Downey Jr. In His New Video". MTV News. Retrieved May 3, 2008.

[8] Rankin, Rebecca. "Elton John: California Love (Interview)". MTV News. Archived from the original on October 14, 2001. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[9] ttps://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=1373&sort=chartid&string=elton

[10] ttps://lp3.polskieradio.pl/

[11] UK Official Charts, 6 October 2001

[12] Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004

[13] Adult Contemporary Archive, December 8, 2001 Billboard Adult Contemporary, December 8, 2001

[14] Newman, Melinda (April 3, 2018). "Chris Stapleton Talks Covering Elton John for 'Restoration': Exclusive Amazon Music Preview". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

[15] Lewis, Randy (April 7, 2018). "Bernie Taupin reflects on 50 years of working with Elton John — and why their songs have endured." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

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