I Don't Wanna Know

Album: Hurt No More (2004)
Charted: 1 2
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Songfacts®:

  • This features a rap by P. Diddy. Enya is also credited, as the song is based on a sample of the Fugees' 1996 hit single "Ready Or Not," which itself samples Enya's 1987 track "Boadicea."
  • This song is about a man dealing with his girlfriend's infidelity.
  • Mario Winans previously played drums on Puff Daddy and Jimmy Page's 1998 hit "Come With Me" and sang back up vocals on Puff's tribute to God, "Best Friend" in 2000.
  • Mario Winans in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh said: "Boadicea is one of my favorite songs by Enya. I discovered it on the soundtrack to the film Sleepwalkers in 1992. It's a very moving song which really touches me."
  • An answer version by The Pirates featuring Enya, Shola Ama, Naila Boss and Ishani reached #8 in the UK later in 2004. >>>
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    Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above
  • Mario Winans first heard "Boadicea" when it played at the end of the 1992 film Sleepwalkers and wanted to use the track. The Fugees beat him to it, but Winans came up with his version eight years later.

Comments: 1

  • G from Stockholm, SwedenThere is another off-shoot of this Enya Riff - "Roads" by Portishead from their LP "Dummy". The beat has been slowed down but the loan is unmistakable.
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