I Don't Want Control of You
{{Infobox song
| name = I Don't Want Control of You
| cover = I Don't Want Control of You - Teenage Fanclub.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Teenage Fanclub
| album = Songs from Northern Britain
| B-side = {{ubl|"The Count"|"Middle of the Road"|"He'd Be a Diamond"|"Live My Life"}}
| released = 18 August 1997
| recorded = 1996
| genre = {{hlist|Power pop|jangle pop}}
| length = 3:08
| label = Creation
| writer = Norman Blake
| producer = {{hlist|David Bianco|Blake|Love|Raymond McGinley|Paul Quinn}}
| prev_title = Ain't That Enough
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Start Again
| next_year = 1997
}}
"I Don't Want Control of You" is a song recorded by Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub. The song was released on 18 August 1997 through Creation Records, as the second single from the band's sixth studio album Songs from Northern Britain. The song was written and sung by vocalist and guitarist Norman Blake.
The song peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Chart.
Background
Norman Blake, in a 2016 interview, considered it among his personal favorite songs by the band:
{{cquote|"I Don't Want Control of You" is one of my favorite songs I've written. I still enjoy playing it. I achieved what I was aiming for there. I like how it has a key change. As a musician and a songwriter, I feel like I got pretty close to achieving what was in my head.{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/rank-your-records-teenage-fanclub-norman-blake/|title=Rank Your Records: Norman Blake Merrily Rates the Ten Teenage Fanclub Albums|date=6 September 2016|access-date=5 February 2020|first=Cam|last=Lindsay|work=Noisey|publisher=Vice}}}}
Reception
Matt Collar, in a review of Songs from Northern Britain on AllMusic, considered the song "one of the most beautiful affirmations of fidelity in a relationship."{{cite web|last1=Collar|first1=Matt|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-from-northern-britain-mw0000025422|title=Songs from Northern Britain – Teenage Fanclub|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 February 2020}} Pitchfork contributor Sam Sodomsky called it a "brilliantly unguarded" love song,{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/teenage-fanclub-bandwagonesque-thirteen-grand-prix-songs-from-northern-britain-howdy/|title=Teenage Fanclub: Bandwagonesque / Thirteen / Grand Prix / Songs from Northern Britain / Howdy! Album Review|accessdate=5 February 2020|date=11 August 2018|website=Pitchfork|first=Sam|last=Sodomsky}} while James Cosby at PopMatters praised the tune's "bold, sometimes rather astonishing lyrical observations."{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/teenage-fanclub-25-best-songs-2566657890.html|title=The 25 Best Songs of Teenage Fanclub|date=8 May 2018|accessdate=5 February 2020|website=PopMatters|first=James A.|last=Cosby}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|UK|43|date=19970830|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 February 2020}} |