"I Want You to Want Me" | |
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Single by Cheap Trick | |
from the album In Color | |
B-side | "Oh Boy" |
Released | 1977 |
Format | 7" |
Recorded |
Kendun Recorders Los Angeles, 1977 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 3:09 |
Label | Epic 50435 |
Writer(s) | Rick Nielsen |
Producer | Tom Werman |
"I Want You to Want Me (Live)" | |
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Single by Cheap Trick | |
from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan | |
B-side | "Clock Strikes Ten" (Live) |
Released | 1979 |
Format | 7" |
Recorded |
Nippon Budokan, Tokyo April 1978 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 3:38 |
Label | Epic 50680 |
Writer(s) | Rick Nielsen |
Producer | Cheap Trick |
Certification | Gold |
"I Want You to Want Me" | ||||
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File:Dwight - I Want You to Want Me.jpg | ||||
Single by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
from the album Tomorrow's Sounds Today | ||||
Released | 2001 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Writer(s) | Rick Nielsen | |||
Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology | ||||
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"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan.[1][2] Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding single "Clock Strikes Ten" and its followup "Surrender", paved the way for Cheap Trick's famous concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 that were recorded for the group's most popular album, Cheap Trick at Budokan.[3] A live version of "I Want You to Want Me" from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan was released in 1979 and became their biggest selling single, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing sales of one million records. It was also the band's highest charting single in Britain, where it reached #29.
Chart performance[]
Chart | Debut date |
Peak position |
Weeks on chart |
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Billboard Hot 100 | April 28, 1979 | #7 | 19 |
Cash Box Top 100 Singles | April 21, 1979 | #3 | 23 |
All appearances[]
- 1977: In Color
- 1978: Cheap Trick at Budokan
- 1978: From Tokyo to You
- 1991: The Greatest Hits
- 1991: Queens Logic soundtrack
- 1997: Private Parts soundtrack
- 1998: Cheap Trick (1998 Reissue)
- 1998: Cheap Trick at Budokan: The Complete Concert
- 1999: That '70s Album (Rockin')
- 1999: Music for Hangovers
- 2000: Authorized Greatest Hits
Cover versions[]
- Tigertailz - Young and Crazy (1987) (bonus track on re-release)
- Propagandhi – How To Clean Everything (1993)
- Letters to Cleo – 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack (1999)
- Dwight Yoakam – Tomorrow's Sounds Today (2000)
- Lindsay Lohan – A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
- Chris Isaak – Best of Chris Isaak (2006)
- Gael García Bernal – Rudo y Cursi soundtrack, Spanish language cover entitled "Quiero Que Me Quieras" (2008)
- Los Odio featuring Juan Son – Rudo y Cursi soundtrack (2008)
- Quiero Club – Rudo y Cursi soundtrack (2008)
- Damhnait Doyle – Lights Down Low (2008)
- KSM - Read Between the Lines (2009)
- Aly Michalka – Bandslam soundtrack (2009)
References[]
- ↑ McLane, D. (June 14, 1979). "Cheap Trick Finds Heaven". Rolling Stone: p. 49.
- ↑ Wright, J.. "Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick". Classic Rock Revisited. http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewcheaptrick08.htm. Retrieved on 2009-07-05.
- ↑ Hello. In case you didn't know, when you add the title of a book, film, album, magazine, or TV series to an article, it should be italicized by adding two single apostrophes on either side ('' ''). Titles of television episodes, short stories and songs should be placed within quotation marks. More detail can be found in the Wikipedia Manual of Style. BUDOKAN! (30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs) insert booklet.
- ↑ "Cheap Trick singles Billboard performance". allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=CHEAP. Retrieved on 2009-07-16.