| I Don't Wanna Lose At Love | |
| Cover: | Tanita tikaram i don't wanna lose at love.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Tanita Tikaram |
| Album: | The Cappuccino Songs |
| A-Side: | I Don't Wanna Lose At Love |
| B-Side: | Only One Boy in the Crowd, In Your Time |
| Released: | 17 August 1998 |
| Recorded: | January 1997 |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 3:56 (radio version)4:20 (album version) |
| Label: | Mother Records |
| Producer: | Marco Sabiu |
| Prev Title: | Stop Listening |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | If I Ever |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" is the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's sixth studio album The Cappuccino Songs.
"I Don't Wanna Lose at Love" has a distinctive string intro, which is looped throughout the song, that is sampled from Finnish folk-rock band Värttinä's 1992 song "Seelinnikoi". The group received a credit as co-writers of the song.
Released as the second single of Tikaram's album The Cappuccino Songs, the single mix differs from the album version, and was given a poppier sound by Stephen Lironi. The song was given additional remixes by noted remixers of Indian ascent Asian Dub Foundation and Talvin Singh.
The single was released as a two-part CD in the UK. It peaked at #73 there, and to date it's Tikaram's last single to chart in that country.
Upon its release as a single, Steve Ashford of the Gwent Gazette commented, "Well, what next? A Tanita Tikaram single that is actually quite good! And what's more, featuring an Asian Dub Foundation re-mix! Duck... there goes that flying pig!"[1] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner was less positive, writing, "Her dull tones sounded depressing when she became an overnight star a decade ago. She doesn't seem to have cheered up much – and the Finnish string quartet hardly help."[2]