"I Don't Want to Talk About It" is a song written by Danny Whitten. It was first recorded by American rock band Crazy Horse and issued as the final track on side one of their 1971 eponymous album. It was Whitten's signature tune, but gained more fame via its numerous cover versions, especially that by Rod Stewart. Cash Box described it as "a magnificent ballad outing. This song is the 5th track from Anytime...Anywhere it is the sixth album by Rita Coolidge released in 1977 on the A&M Records label. The album is her most successful, reaching #6 on the Billboard 200 and having been certified platinum (over 1 million U.S. copies sold). The album spawned three Billboard top twenty hits; a cover of "We're All Alone" a cover of The Temptations' "The Way You Do The Things You Do" and the album's biggest hit, "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" a remake of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher".