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Don't Wanna Be the One

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"Don't Wanna Be the One"
Single by Midnight Oil
from the album Place without a Postcard
ReleasedOctober 1981
Length3:04
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst, Martin Rotsey[1]
Producer(s)Glyn Johns
Midnight Oil singles chronology
"Back on the Borderline"
(1980)
"Don't Wanna Be the One"
(1981)
"Armistice Day"
(1981)

"Don't Wanna Be the One" is a song by Australian rock band Midnight Oil, released in October 1981 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Place without a Postcard. The song peaked at no. 40 in Australia.

Track listing

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  1. "Don't Wanna Be the One" - 3:04
  2. "Written in the Heart" - 5:54

Charts

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Chart (1981/82) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 40

References

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  1. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) search engine". APRA. Retrieved 17 November 2010. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. Armistice Day
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 200. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.