I'm Not Scared (song)

"I'm Not Scared" is a 1988 song recorded by British pop band Eighth Wonder. The group's fifth single - the first single from the album Fearless - was released in 1988. It achieved success in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and the UK, where it was a top ten hit. Written by the Pet Shop Boys, the original version contains several words in French. "J'ai pas peur", the B-side of the vinyl, is the French adaptation of "I'm Not Scared". The 12" "disco mix" combines the two versions into one long mix.

The Pet Shop Boys also released their own version of the song, with Neil Tennant vocals, on the album Introspective.

Slant Magazine ranked the song 62nd in its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list, adding: ""I'm Not Scared" is unmistakably a Lowe/Tennant composition, with sharp staccato synth lines, a fluctuating bassline, histrionic lyrics ending in curly, figurative question marks (...), and — on the extended Disco Version — dramatic string stabs".^[1]

Cover versions

The Pet Shop Boys included their own version of the song on their 1988 album Introspective.
Swedish Pet Shop Boys tribute group West End Girls covered the song for their 2006 debut album Goes Petshopping.

Track listings

7" single

"I'm Not Scared" — 3:49
"J'ai pas peur" — 5:48

10" single

"I'm Not Scared" (10" remix) — 5:34
"J'ai pas peur" — 5:48

12" maxi
CD maxi

"I'm Not Scared" (disco mix) — 7:58
"I'm Not Scared" — 4:30 (album version)
"J'ai pas peur" — 5:48

CD single - Promo

"I'm Not Scared" (radio mix) — 3:49
"I'm Not Scared" (long euro mix) — 7:58
"I'm Not Scared" ("little" Louie Vega mix club mix) — 5:17

12" maxi - Promo

"I'm Not Scared" ("little" Louie Vega mix) — 7:17
"I'm Not Scared" (dub version) — 4:55
"J'ai pas peur" (French version) — 5:48
"I'm Not Scared" (long euro mix) — 7:58
"Baby Baby" (dusted mix) — 6:00

Credits

Original version

Artwork by Stylorouge
Photography by Eamon J. McCabe
Produced by Pet Shop Boys and Phil Harding
Programmed by Ian Curnow
Written by Tennant and Lowe

Little Louie Vega mix & Dub version

Edited by Tony Moran
Assistant : Chris Trevett
Recording by Mike Rogers
Remixed by Hugo Dwyer
Keyboards by Mac Quayle
Produced by "Little" Louie Vega

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3]	16
France (SNEP)^[4]	8
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	5
Greek Singles Chart	4
Irish IRMA Singles Chart^[6]	14
Italian Singles Chart^[7]	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[8]	27
Portuguese Singles Chart	2
Spain (AFYVE)^[9]	2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[11]	7

References

↑ "100 Greatest Dance Songs". Slant Magazine. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Eighth Wonder – I'm Not Scared" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Eighth Wonder – I'm Not Scared" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Eighth Wonder – I'm Not Scared" (in French). Les classement single.
↑ "Musicline.de – Eighth Wonder Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 2, 2009)
↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/ae.htm
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Eighth Wonder – I'm Not Scared" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Eighth Wonder – I'm Not Scared". Swiss Singles Chart.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1988-04-16" UK Singles Chart.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Pet Shop Boys

Chris Lowe Neil Tennant

Studio albums	Please Actually Introspective Behaviour Very Bilingual Nightlife Release Fundamental Yes Elysium Electric Super

Compilation albums	Discography: The Complete Singles Collection Alternative Essential PopArt: The Hits Story: 25 Years of Hits Party Ultimate Format

Remix albums	Disco Disco 2 Disco 3 Disco 4

Live albums	Concrete Pandemonium

Extended plays	Christmas

Soundtracks and scores	It Couldn't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Battleship Potemkin The Most Incredible Thing

Other songs	"King's Cross" "The Loving Kind" "The Night I Fell in Love" "I'm Not Scared" "In Private" "Nothing Has Been Proved" "So Sorry, I Said" "Don't Drop Bombs" "Euroboy"

Film, stage and television	It Couldn't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Pet Shop Boys: A Life In Pop The Most Incredible Thing

Notable tours and concerts	MCMLXXXIX Performance Discovery Somewhere Nightlife Release Fundamental Pandemonium Progress (as special guests) Electric Inner Sanctum

Related articles	Discography x2 Reputation Results Electronic Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys West End Girls

Book

Pet Shop Boys singles

Please (1984–1986)	"West End Girls" "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" "Love Comes Quickly" "Suburbia"

Disco (1986)	"Paninaro"

Actually (1987–1988)	"It's a Sin" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Rent" "Heart"

Introspective (1988–1989)	"Always on My Mind" "Domino Dancing" "Left to My Own Devices" "It's Alright"

Behaviour (1990–1991)	"So Hard" "Being Boring" "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"/"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" "Jealousy"

Discography (1991)	"DJ Culture" "Was It Worth It?"

Very (1993–1994)	"Can You Forgive Her?" "Go West" "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" "Liberation" "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"

Alternative (1995)	"Paninaro '95"

Bilingual (1996–1997)	"Before" "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"/"To Step Aside" "Single-Bilingual" "A Red Letter Day"

Nightlife (1999–2000)	"I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" "New York City Boy" "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"

Release (2002–2003)	"Home and Dry" "I Get Along" "London"

PopArt (2003–2004)	"Miracles" "Flamboyant"

Fundamental (2006)	"I'm with Stupid" "Minimal" "Numb"

Disco 4 (2007)	"Integral"

Yes (2009)	"Love etc." "Did You See Me Coming?" "Beautiful People"

Ultimate (2010)	"Together"

Elysium (2012)	"Winner" "Leaving" "Memory of the Future"

Electric (2013-14)	"Axis" "Vocal" "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" "Thursday" "Fluorescent"

Super (2016)	"The Pop Kids" "Twenty-something" "Inner Sanctum" "Say it to me"

Non-album singles	"One More Chance" "Absolutely Fabulous" "Hallo Spaceboy" "Somewhere" "Break 4 Love" "She's Madonna" "Love Life"

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