"I'm Jealous"
Single by Divinyls
from the album Underworld
B-side"Black Magic"
Released13 February 1995[1]
RecordedJuly 1994
GenreRock, soft rock
Length4:16
LabelAriola Records
Songwriter(s)Christina Amphlett, Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Divinyls singles chronology
"Love Is the Drug"
(1993)		 "I'm Jealous"
(1995)		 "Heart of Steel"
(1995)

"I'm Jealous" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1995 as the lead single from their fifth studio album Underworld. The song enjoyed success in Australia where it made the top twenty, peaking at number fourteen and spending nineteen weeks in the top fifty. In addition, the single was certified gold[2] and ranked in as the sixty-fourth best selling single of 1995.[2] The song also appeared in the 1994 soundtrack of Melrose Place.

Background

In 1991, Divinyls scored the biggest hit of their career with "I Touch Myself", which went to number one in Australia as well as the top five in the US and top ten in the UK. This undoubtedly helped to prolong their success for the '90s, after having been a successful group throughout the 1980s. "I'm Jealous" was written by lead singer Christina Amphlett with the songwriting duo Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, who had also co-written "I Touch Myself". The track was produced by Peter Collins and was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in July 1994.

Chart performance

"I'm Jealous" debuted at number thirty-seven on the ARIA Singles Chart in March 1995. It rose up the charts, eventually peaking at number fourteen and was certified gold for sales of 35,000 copies. The single spent a total of nineteen weeks in the top fifty and became the sixty-fourth highest selling single of the year. Despite the success of "I'm Jealous", the album Underworld did not perform well. The fact that the album was released more than one year after the single due to production delays could be seen as the reason for it only scraping in the top fifty on the ARIA Albums Chart. To date, "I'm Jealous" remains the Divinyls last top fifty entry.

Track listing

Australian CD single
  1. "I'm Jealous" – 4:16
  2. "Black Magic" – 5:37
  3. "Black Magic" (Instrumental) – 5:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 14

End of year charts

Chart (1995) Position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 64

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases – Product Available from: 13/2/95 > Singles (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 261)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "australian-charts.com > Divinyls – I'm Jealous (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
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