I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You

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I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You - Wikipedia

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"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"

Australian artwork

Single by Absent Friends featuring Wendy Matthews

from the album Here's Looking Up Your Address

B-side

"Hallelujah"
"Hullabaloo"

Released

April 1990

Recorded

1989

Length

4:46

Sean Kelly
Garry Beers

Absent Friends singles chronology

"Hullabaloo"
(1990)

"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"
(1990)

"Harmony"
(1990)

Wendy Matthews singles chronology

"Jump"
(1988)

"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"
(1990)

"Token Angels"
(1990)

Alternative cover

UK and European artwork

"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" is a song originally recorded by Dorothy Moore for her 1976 album Misty Blue. It was written by Eddie Floyd, who recorded his own version in 2008 for the album Eddie Loves You So. Australian band Absent Friends covered the song for their 1990 debut album, Here's Looking Up Your Address, featuring Wendy Matthews on lead vocals and Peter Blakeley on backing vocals.^[1]

Absent Friends' version was released in April 1990 as the third single from Here's Looking Up Your Address and debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at No. 45 in May 1990, eventually peaking at No. 4 in July 1990. It won the Single of the Year award at the 1991 ARIA Music Awards.^[2] Matthews subsequently included it on her 1999 greatest hits album, Stepping Stones and on her 2007 compilation album, The Essential Wendy Matthews.

Track listings

Australian 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (875 200-7; 875 201-2; 875 200-4)^[3]^[4]^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"	Eddie Floyd^[6]	4:46
2.	"Hallelujah"	Sean Kelly^[7]	4:39

Australian 12-inch single (875 201-1)^[8]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"	Floyd^[6]	4:46
2.	"Hallelujah"	Kelly^[7]	4:39
3.	"Hullabaloo"	Kelly, John MacKay^[9]	4:17

UK 12-inch and CD single (RART 512; RARCD 5)^[10]^[11]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You"	Floyd^[6]	4:46
2.	"Pomona's Place"	Kelly^[12]	3:01
3.	"Hallelujah"	Kelly^[7]	4:39
4.	"Hullabaloo"	Kelly, MacKay^[9]	4:17

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[13]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1990)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[14]	31

Sales and certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[15]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

The song has also been covered by Stevie Salas on the album The Electric Pow Wow (1993), Anne Robertson on the Australian Idol - The Final 13 CD (2005) and by Joss Stone on her 2012 album, The Soul Sessions Vol. 2.^[16]

References

^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'Absent Friends'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ "1991 ARIA Award Winners". ARIA. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (Australian 7-inch single vinyl disc). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. 875 200-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (Australian CD single liner notes). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. 875 201-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (Australian cassette single sleeve). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. 875 200-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ""I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ""Hallelulah" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (Australian 12-inch single vinyl disc). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. 875 201-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ^a ^b ""Hullabaloo" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. RART 512, 878 427-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You (UK CD single liner notes). Absent Friends. RooART. 1990. RARCD 5, 878 427-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ ""Pomona's Place" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 23 December 2013.
^ "Absent Friends feat. Wendy Matthews – I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1990". ARIA. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1990 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
^ "The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 (Deluxe Edition) by Joss Stone". 31 July 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2022 – via Apple Music.

v t e Wendy Matthews
Discography
Albums	Émigré (1990) The Way It Has to Be (1991) Lily (1992) The Witness Tree (1994) Ghosts (1997) Beautiful View (2001) Café Naturale (2004) She (2008) The Welcome Fire (2013)
Soundtracks	Dancing Daze (1986) Illusion (1986) You've Always Got The Blues (1988)
Compilations	Stepping Stones: The Best of Wendy Matthews (1999)
Notable singles	"Dancing Daze" "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody but You" (with Absent Friends) "Token Angels" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Let's Kiss (Like Angels Do)" "The Day You Went Away" "Friday's Child" "If Only I Could" "Standing Strong" "Love Will Keep Me Alive" "Then I Walked Away" "Beloved" "I've Got to Have You" "Day by Day"
Related articles	Models (Out of Mind, Out of Sight) Absent Friends (Here's Looking Up Your Address)

v t e ARIA Award for Single of the Year
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1990s	"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990) "I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991) "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992) "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993) "The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996) "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
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