"I Want Your Love" is a song by

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, released as the third single from their debut album, '' Right Now'' (2000). The song samples the theme to the 1958 film ''

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'', and it was produced, arranged, recorded, and mixed by

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in London. Released on 3 July 2000, "I Want Your Love" peaked at number 10 on the

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and number 48 in Ireland. Initial copies of the singles also contained a sample of

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's 1991 hit single "

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", but later copies had the sample removed. In 2004, "I Want Your Love" was included on Atomic Kitten's '' The Greatest Hits'' compilation.

Music video

The video for the song was inspired by

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's debut hit "

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". It opens with the doors opening in three rooms on a planet (red, yellow, and blue).

Natasha Hamilton Natasha Maria Hamilton (born 17 July 1982) is an English singer and a member of girl group Atomic Kitten. Hamilton has so far released 19 singles and three studio albums with the band including three number one singles, their biggest being the 2 ...

is in a red room on a bed,

Liz McClarnon Elizabeth Margaret McClarnon (born 10 April 1981) is an English pop singer, songwriter, dancer, television presenter and actress. She is the longest serving member of the girl group Atomic Kitten, with whom she has scored three number-one single ...

is in a blue room lying on the blue wall and

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is in a yellow room sitting by a soft teddy bear. Shots in chorus one has three women dancing on a planet on a circle in the middle. During the bridge section, the Kittens are in the middle of a circle on a planet with three men, and they make a sound effect by moving their arms. In the bridge and the final chorus, the three girls and other dancers dance on a big circle on a planet. An alternate version of the music video shows clips from the 2000 film ''

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''.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "I Want Your Love" (2XS radio mix) – 3:15 # "I Want Your Love" (Q's Detonator alternative radio mix) – 3:30 # "I Want Your Love" (video) – 3:36 UK CD2 # "I Want Your Love" (2XS radio mix) – 3:15 # "I Want Your Love" (Sleaze Sisters Anthem mix) – 7:08 # "I Want Your Love" (Ricochet's Monolith mix) – 9:29 UK cassette single :A1. "I Want Your Love" (2XS radio mix) – 3:15 :A2. "I Want Your Love" (Maximum Q Atom Bomb mix) – 6:14 :B1. "I Want Your Love" (Q's Detonator alternative radio mix) – 3:30 :B2. "I Want Your Love" (Frankie Constantinou disco mix) – 6:55

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the ''Right Now'' liner notes. Studios * Recorded at Motor Museum Studios (

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, England) * Mixed at Studio One (United Kingdom) Personnel *

Stuart Kershaw Stuart Kershaw is an English songwriter and musician who performs as drummer of English electronic group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). Kershaw has worked with the band in various capacities since 1991, and in 2015, became the full-tim ...

– writing *

Andy McCluskey George Andrew McCluskey (born 24 June 1959) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer and bass guitarist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), which he founded a ...

– writing * Liz McClarnon – writing *

Bill Drummond William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer. He was a co-founder of the late-1980s avant-garde pop group the KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with wh ...

– writing *

Jimmy Cauty James Francis Cauty (born 19 December 1956), also known as Rockman Rock, is an English artist and musician, best known as one-half of the duo The KLF, co-founder of The Orb and as the man who burnt £1 million. He is married to artist and mu ...

– writing * Ricardo Lyte – writing *

Jerome Moross Jerome Moross (August 1, 1913July 25, 1983) was an American composer best known for his music for film and television. He also composed works for symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, soloists and musical theater, as well as orchestrating score ...

– writing * Atomic Kitten – vocals * Rita Campbell – backing vocals * 2XS – all instruments, mixing **

– radio mix production, vocal production ** Stuart Bradbury – radio mix production, vocal production, vocal engineering, recording and mix engineering * Engine – radio mix vocal production, Q's Detonator production * Pete Craigie – radio mix vocal engineering, Q's Detonator engineering * Pat O'Shaughnessy – radio mix vocal engineering, Q's Detonator engineering * Ricochet – Q's Detonator additional production and remix

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2000 singles 2000 songs Atomic Kitten songs Innocent Records singles Songs written by Andy McCluskey Songs written by Liz McClarnon Songs written by Stuart Kershaw Virgin Records singles