I Don't Wanna Be a Loser

"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. It was featured on her 1964 album, Boys, Boys, Boys.

Billboard described the song as a "fine teen ballad sung with grace and feeling." 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.

The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman. It was featured in the soundtrack of the 1964 movie The Pawnbroker.