My Sunday Song – “I Really Don’t Want Your Love” by April Wine

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For My Sunday Song #383, we are diving in to the song “I Really Don’t Want Your Love” by April Wine. This is another Tim Durling selection that is a rare track and not any April Wine studio album. This is a B-Side to the song to their 1984 hit “This Could Be The Right One” off their album ‘Animal Grace’. The single hit #61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but of course the B-Side did nothing, but at least it was out there in the world to be heard.

The song was written by Myles Goodwyn, as all of their songs basically were. The song is about a girl that is leading the guy on. She’s playing games and stringing hime along for her own enjoyment. He is tired of it and has hit his breaking point and he’s ready to say goodbye. He doesn’t need her love anymore and he’s out of there. Someday she’ll turn around and might notice that he’s gone.

This is a great song and so hard to believe this wasn’t on any studio album as it has everything you’d want in a song. The quick tempo has lots of energy, great guitars, great driving drum beat and rhythm section. The vocals have a pacing that is really great on the lyrics and Myles vocals are awesome as well (assuming Myles is singing as I am not overly familiar with the band). The chorus is really awesome as well as it is so catchy and will hook you in instantly. I found myself moving to the beat of the music and that is always the sign of a good song. If this is a non-album track, just how good are the studio tracks. I might need to check these guys out.

Give the song a listen and let me know what you think? Have you ever heard this one before? I hadn’t. Thanks to Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions  for picking this track. Go check out his YouTube channel for some great content, you won’t be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a Happy Sunday.

And like all of these so far, no lyrics were found. That is how rare these songs can be…not so rare that someone hadn’t posted the song on Youtube, but no one’s posted the lyrics.

14 thoughts on “My Sunday Song – “I Really Don’t Want Your Love” by April Wine”

  4. Wow, I had never heard this one either! Leave it to Tim to dig out the rare April Wine stuff, haha! I love the band, but this one certainly got buried over the years. Listening now, and I agree with everything you said in here, John. It’s a fantastic song.

    Definitely do a deep dive into the band, as a lot of their albums are absolutely rockin’! If I had to recommend only two, judging by the kind of music I know you like: “Stand Back” from 1975, and “Harder… Faster” from 1979. Then of course, there’s the massive “The Nature of the Beast” (1981) that contains possibly the heaviest song they’ve ever done: “Crash and Burn”.

    Great review, John!

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