WikiHero
Register
Advertisement
WikiHero
1,564
pages
"I Want You to Want Me"
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)"
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"
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

"What Do You Know About Love"
(2000)
"I Want You to Want Me"
(2001)
""I Was There" (with Buck Owens)
(2001)

"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
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)
  • PropagandhiHow To Clean Everything (1993)
  • Letters to Cleo10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack (1999)
  • Dwight YoakamTomorrow's Sounds Today (2000)
  • Lindsay LohanA Little More Personal (Raw) (2005)
  • Chris IsaakBest of Chris Isaak (2006)
  • Gael García BernalRudo y Cursi soundtrack, Spanish language cover entitled "Quiero Que Me Quieras" (2008)
  • Los Odio featuring Juan SonRudo y Cursi soundtrack (2008)
  • Quiero ClubRudo y Cursi soundtrack (2008)
  • Damhnait DoyleLights Down Low (2008)
  • KSM - Read Between the Lines (2009)
  • Aly MichalkaBandslam soundtrack (2009)

References[]

  1. McLane, D. (June 14, 1979). "Cheap Trick Finds Heaven". Rolling Stone: p. 49. 
  2. Wright, J.. "Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick". Classic Rock Revisited. http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewcheaptrick08.htm. Retrieved on 2009-07-05. 
  3. Information 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. 
  4. "Cheap Trick singles Billboard performance". allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=CHEAP. Retrieved on 2009-07-16. 
v · t · eSongs of Band Hero on home consoles
Mall Of Fame Tour
Hang Me Up to Dry · Do You Really Want To Hurt Me · Happy Together · A Million Ways · Bring Me to Life · Let's Dance · Oh, Pretty Woman
Smoke & Water Festival
So Yesterday · Believe · Lips of an Angel · Rock Star · Our Lips Are Sealed · I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Club La Noza
Dirty Little Secret · L.E.S. Artistes · Wannabe · If You Could Only See · Santa Monica (Watch the World Die) · Take What You Take · Bad Reputation
Summer Park Festival
Whip It · Pictures of You · Take Back the City · Steal My Kisses · Love Story · Honky Tonk Women · Mr. Roboto
Harajuku
Every Rose Has Its Thorn · Ocean Avenue · Love is a Battlefield · Put Your Records On · She Will Be Loved · Black Cat · Sugar, We're Goin Down
La Luz De Madrid
When I'm Gone · Warwick Avenue · In a Big Country · Paralyzer · I Want You to Want Me (Live) · Walking on Sunshine · The Adventure
Everpop Awards
Angels of the Silences · Beautiful Soul · Fascination · Take a Picture · Don't Speak · Turn Off the Light · Y.M.C.A.
Red River Canyon
Hands Down · Kung Fu Fighting · Like Whoa · Picture to Burn · You Belong With Me · Rio
Paris
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree · Kids · Back Again · Just a Girl · Lifeline
Amp Orbiter
Gasoline · Naïve · You Had Me · The Impression That I Get
Hypersphere
American Pie
GHTunes example songs
Echo · Feed Forward · Moonlit · Paint the Fires · Points of Oak · Raving Mad
*Setlist ordered by Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii's static career order (PlayStation 2's careers are ordered differently per instrument)
Advertisement