| I Don't Wanna Be a Loser | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lesley Gore |
| Album: | Boys, Boys, Boys |
| B-Side: | It's Gotta Be You |
| Released: | May 5, 1964 |
| Recorded: | March 28, 1964 |
| Genre: | Pop music |
| Label: | Mercury Records 72270 |
| Producer: | Quincy Jones |
| Prev Title: | That's the Way Boys Are |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Maybe I Know |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" is a song written by Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan and performed by Lesley Gore. It reached #12 on the adult contemporary chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.[1] It was featured on her 1964 album, Boys, Boys, Boys.[2]
Billboard described the song as a "fine teen ballad sung with grace and feeling."[3] Cash Box described it as "a dramatic beat-ballad hip-swinger that Leslie delivers in her effective teen fashion" with a "tasteful" arrangement by Claus Ogerman.[4]
The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman.[5] It was featured in the soundtrack of the 1964 movie The Pawnbroker.[6]