Discuss: I Don't Wanna Know

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What do you think? Is it a hidden gem? A waste of space? A throwaway tune? A fun little ditty?

I'm a sucker for any song with clapping (Jack & Diane, Take the Money & Run...) so that automatically makes me a fan. I think I remember reading that Stevie said this was an "I don't care" song, that it didn't have any deep or hidden meaning and that she wasn't really emotionally attached to it. I believe that she would have preferred this song taken off of Rumours rather than SS, but it's obviously much shorter, so length may have been an issue. Of course, add SS and remove this, and you've got a damn dark record, IMO.

I was a bit surprised when the live Buckingham Nicks version surfaced. I honestly thought this was written later. The whole "you tell me that I'm crazy" and "you say you love me but you don't know" reeks of the breakup to me. Of course, who's to say that this tune is about LB at all. If it is, I think we can safely assume that they didnt have a perfect relationship.

I love the harmonies, esp. on the "whoa's." And I can't tell you how long I got this line wrong:

I don't want to know the reasons why
Love keeps right on walking down the line

I always thought it was "...reasons why I love you, I keep on walking...)