I'm Not Scared (song)

"I'm Not Scared"
Single by Eighth Wonder
from the album Fearless
B-side	"J'ai pas peur"
Released	February 20th, 1988
Format	7" single, 12" maxi, CD maxi
Recorded	PWL Studios, London, Late 1987-Early 1988
Genre	Synthpop
Length	4:30 (album) 3:49 (single) 7:58 (disco mix)
Label	CBS
Writer(s)	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Phil Harding Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Eighth Wonder singles chronology
"When The Phone Stops Ringing" (1987) "I'm Not Scared" (1988) "Cross My Heart" (1988)

"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.

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

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

• 10" single

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

• 12" maxi
• CD maxi

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

• CD single - Promo

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

• 12" maxi - Promo

1. "I'm Not Scared" ("little" Louie Vega mix) — 7:17
2. "I'm Not Scared" (dub version) — 4:55
3. "J'ai pas peur" (French version) — 5:48
4. "I'm Not Scared" (long euro mix) — 7:58
5. "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

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

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics