"I Really Don't Want to Know" is a popular song written by Don Robertson (music) Howard Barnes (lyrics). The song was published in 1953.

The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs of 1954, reaching the No. 11 in the charts.[1]

Ronnie Dove version

"I Really Don't Want to Know"
Single by Tommy Edwards
B-side"Unloved"
ReleasedMay 1960
Recorded1960
GenreR&B
Length2:15
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Barnes, Robertson
Tommy Edwards singles chronology
"Don't Fence Me In"
(1960)
"I Really Don't Want to Know"
(1960)
"It's Not The End of Everything"
(1960)
"I Really Don't Want to Know"
Single by Ronnie Dove
from the album Ronnie Dove Sings the Hits for You
B-side"Years of Tears"
ReleasedAugust 1966
Recorded1966
GenrePop
Length2:49
LabelDiamond
Songwriter(s)H. Barnes, D. Robertson
Producer(s)Phil Kahl
Ronnie Dove singles chronology
"Happy Summer Days"
(1966)
"I Really Don't Want to Know"
(1966)
"Cry"
(1966)

Ronnie Dove recorded the song on Diamond Records in the summer of 1966. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[2]

Chart positions

Chart (1966) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 22
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 12

Other versions

"I Really Don't Want to Know"
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Elvis Country
A-side"I Really Don't Want To Know"
B-side"There Goes My Everything"
ReleasedDecember 8, 1970
RecordedJune 7, 1970
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Howard Barnes, Don Robertson
Producer(s)Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything" "Rags to Riches"

Answer song

Chart performance

Elvis Presley version

Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 23
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
Canadian RPM Top Singles 9
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 7

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 349. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  2. Ronnie Dove - Chart History - The Hot 100 Billboard.com. Accessed July 25, 2015
  3. "Ronnie Dove Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Ronnie Dove Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. 2004. p. 202. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  7. "Eddy Arnold - You Gotta Have Love". Discogs.com. 1960. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. "Solomon Burke - I Really Don't Want To Know". 45cat.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. "Connie Francis - Country Music Connie Style". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. "Kay Starr - Just Plain Country". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  11. "Al Martino - I Love You Because". Discogs.com. 1963. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. ""Little" Esther Phillips* And The Anita Kerr Singers - Release Me! Reflections Of Country And Western Greats". Discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  13. "Eydie Gorme* - Gorme Country Style". Discogs.com. 1964. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  14. "Vic Damone - Country Love Songs". Discogs.com. 1965. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  15. "Brook Benton - My Country". Discogs.com. 1966. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  16. "Johnny Rodriguez – I Really Don't Want To Know / That The Way Love Goes (1973, Santa Maria Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. 1973. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  17. "Jerry Lee Lewis - Mean Old Man". Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
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