"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" is a song written by Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan and performed by Lesley Gore.
It reached #12 on the adult contemporary chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964.
[2] Billboard described the song as a "fine teen ballad sung with grace and feeling.
"[3] Cash Box described it as "a dramatic beat-ballad hip-swinger that Leslie delivers in her effective teen fashion" with a "tasteful" arrangement by Claus Ogerman.
[4] The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman.