I Want Your Love (Atomic Kitten song) explained

I Want Your Love
Cover:	Atomic-Kitten-I-Want-Your-Love.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Atomic Kitten
Album:	Right Now
Released:	^[1]
Studio:	Motor Museum (Liverpool, England)
Genre:	Disco^[2]
Length:	3:16
Label:	Innocent, Virgin
Producer:	Damien Mendis, Stuart Bradbury
Prev Title:	See Ya
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Follow Me
Next Year:	2000

"I Want Your Love" is a song by Atomic Kitten, released as the third single from their debut album, Right Now (2000). The song samples the theme to the 1958 film The Big Country,^[3] and it was produced, arranged, recorded, and mixed by Damien Mendis at Metropolis Studios in London.

Released on 3 July 2000, "I Want Your Love" peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number 48 in Ireland. Initial copies of the singles also contained a sample of the KLF's 1991 hit single "Justified & Ancient",^[3] 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 David Bowie's debut hit "Space Oddity". It opens with the doors opening in three rooms on a planet (red, yellow, and blue). Natasha Hamilton is in a red room on a bed, Liz McClarnon is in a blue room lying on the blue wall and Kerry Katona 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 Titan A.E..

Track listings

UK CD1^[4]

1. "I Want Your Love" (2XS radio mix) – 3:15
2. "I Want Your Love" (Q's Detonator alternative radio mix) – 3:30
3. "I Want Your Love" (video) – 3:36

UK CD2^[5]

1. "I Want Your Love" (2XS radio mix) – 3:15
2. "I Want Your Love" (Sleaze Sisters Anthem mix) – 7:08
3. "I Want Your Love" (Ricochet's Monolith mix) – 9:29

UK cassette single^[6]

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.^{[4] [7]}

Studios

• Recorded at Motor Museum Studios (Liverpool, England)
• Mixed at Studio One (United Kingdom)

Personnel

• Stuart Kershaw – writing
• Andy McCluskey – writing
• Liz McClarnon – writing
• Bill Drummond – writing
• Jimmy Cauty – writing
• Ricardo Lyte – writing
• Jerome Moross – writing
• Atomic Kitten – vocals
• Rita Campbell – backing vocals

• 2XS – all instruments, mixing
  • Damien Mendis – 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

Notes and References

1. New Releases – For Week Starting July 3, 2000: Singles. Music Week. 23. 1 July 2000. 3 August 2021.
2. Web site: Billboard Staff. 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics’ Picks. Billboard. July 10, 2017. May 17, 2024. The British trio brought a Spice Girls-gone-disco vibe with their four initial singles....
3. Web site: Week Ending July 15th 2000. Masterton. James. James Masterton. Chart Watch UK. 9 July 2000. 30 June 2022.
4. I Want Your Love. Atomic Kitten. 2000. UK CD1 liner notes. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. SINCD18, 7243 8 96925 01.
5. I Want Your Love. Atomic Kitten. 2000. UK CD2 liner notes. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. SINDX18, 7243 8 96925 25.
6. I Want Your Love. Atomic Kitten. 2000. UK cassette single sleeve. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. SINC18, 724389692549.
7. Right Now. Right Now (Atomic Kitten album). Atomic Kitten. 2001. UK CD album liner notes. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. CDSINY6, 7243 8 10748 2 4.
8. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 17. 30. 9. 22 July 2000. 13 September 2020.