Английская Википедия:I'm Not Scared (song)

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"I'm Not Scared" is a song by British pop band Eighth Wonder, released in February 1988 by CBS as the first single from their debut album, Fearless (1988). The song achieved success in France, Italy, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and West Germany, where it was a top-10 hit. Written by the Pet Shop Boys, the original version contains several words in French. "J'ai pas peur" is the French adaptation of "I'm Not Scared" and is included as the B-side to the 7-inch and 12-inch singles. The 12-inch "disco mix" combines the two versions into one long mix. Pet Shop Boys also released their own version of the song, with Neil Tennant vocals, on the album Introspective.

Critical reception

In his review of the song, John Wilde from Melody Maker wrote, "It is entirely meaningless and is exactly what you expect it to be. This doesn't stop it roving through an empty space with a fair amount of scarlet charm."[1] Another Melody Maker editor, Chris Roberts, complimented the single as "fine".[2] Jerry Smith of Music Week considered that it was not surprising that "I'm not Scared" sounds like Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding production, as the song was written and produced by them, noted "Kensit's distinctive, breathy vocal" and deemed the song a potential hit.[3] James Hamilton from Record Mirror wrote in his dance column, "Patsy Kensit-lisped and French-spoken lethargic Eurobeat-ish ultimately quite haunting 0-Шаблон:Frac-0bpm slinker produced by the Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding".[4]

William Shaw from Smash Hits felt the song "definitely bears all the hallmarks of Eurodisco — all the little insistent keyboard tunes, all the thumping bass bits, all the chattering drum machines. But where most Eurodisco records tend to be lyrically a bit daff and musically lightweight, this is a work of genius. An extremely girlie sounding Patsy Kensit strides through a city full of dogs singing a beautifully mournful melody about how she's not afraid of them, first in English, and then (just to add a touch of Euro-flavour) in French. Strange indeed, but mighty compelling."[5]

Retrospective response

Slant Magazine ranked the song at number 62 on its "100 Greatest Dance Songs" list in 2006, writing, "'I'm Not Scared' is unmistakably a Lowe/Tennant composition, with sharp staccato synth lines, a fluctuating bassline, histrionic lyrics ending in curly, figurative question marks [...], andШаблон:Sndon the extended Disco VersionШаблон:Snddramatic string stabs".[6]

Track listings

  • 7-inch single and cassette single[7][8]
  1. "I'm Not Scared" – 3:49
  2. "J'ai pas peur" – 5:48
  • 10-inch single[9]
  1. "I'm Not Scared" (10-inch remix) – 5:30
  2. "J'ai pas peur" – 5:48
  • UK 12-inch and CD single, European mini-CD single[10][11][12]
  1. "I'm Not Scared" (disco mix) – 7:58
  2. "I'm Not Scared" – 4:30 (album version)
  3. "J'ai pas peur" – 5:48
  • US 12-inch single[13]
A1. "I'm Not Scared" (long Euro mix) – 7:58
A2. "J'ai pas peur" – 5:48
B1. "I'm Not Scared" (Little Louie Vega mix) – 7:17
B2. "Baby Baby" (Dusted mix) – 6:00
  • Japanese mini-CD single[14]
  1. "I'm Not Scared" (disco mix) – 8:00
  2. "J'ai pas peur" – 5:51

Credits

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  • Artwork by Stylorouge
  • Photography by Eamon J. McCabe
  • Produced by Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding
  • Programmed by Ian Curnow
  • Written by Tennant and Lowe

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  • Edited by Tony Moran
  • Assistant: Chris Trevett
  • Recording by Mike Rogers
  • Remixed by Hugo Dwyer
  • Keyboards by Mac Quayle
  • Produced by "Little" Louie Vega

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "I'm Not Scared"
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Denmark (Hitlisten)[15] 18
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[16] 12
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 4
Israel (IBA)[18] 4
Italy (Musica e dischi)[19] 1
Japan (Oricon)[20] 100
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[21] 4
Spain (AFYVE)[22] 2
Sweden (Trackslistan)[23] 10
UK Dance (Music Week)[24] 7

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Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "I'm Not Scared"
Chart (1988) Position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 7
UK Singles (Gallup)[26] 80
West Germany (Official German Charts)[27] 51

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Cover versions

References

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  15. ↑ Danish Charts Archive. April 1988.
  16. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  17. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  18. ↑ 17 April 1988
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  21. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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  23. ↑ Sweden Charts Archive. 2 April 1988.
  24. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  25. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  26. ↑ Шаблон:Cite magazine
  27. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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