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| name = I Wanna Be Adored
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = I Wanna Be Adored
| cover = Iwannabeadored.jpg
| Cover = Iwannabeadored.jpg
| alt =
| Artist = [[The Stone Roses]]
| type = single
| Album = [[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]
| artist = [[the Stone Roses]]
| Released = Late 1989 (US)<br>2 September 1991 (UK)
| album = [[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]
| B-side = "Going Down"
| Format = {{hlist|[[12"]]|[[CD single|CD]]|[[Cassette single|CS]]}}
* "Simone"
| Genre = [[Indie rock]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|date=9 August 2009|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/so-much-to-answer-for|title=So much to answer for|newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|location=Abu Dhabi|accessdate=9 August 2013|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6IjjAd8M3|archivedate=9 August 2013|deadurl=no}}</ref>
* "Where Angels Play"
| Length = 4:52 (LP/12" Version)<br>3:28 (Edit/7" Version)
* "[[Sally Cinnamon]]" (live at [[The Haçienda]])
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| Label = [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]]
| released = 1989 (US)<br/>1991 (UK)
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| Writer = {{hlist|[[Ian Brown]]|[[John Squire]]}}
| Producer = [[John Leckie]]
| recorded = June 1988 – February 1989
| ISWC = T-010.319.778-9
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/so-much-to-answer-for|title=So much to answer for|last=Dalton|first=Stephen|date=9 August 2009|newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|access-date=9 August 2013|location=Abu Dhabi}}</ref>|[[neo-psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 1993|title=where have all the flowers gone?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-725tYrh9kC&pg=PA47|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|volume=9|issue=2|page=47|access-date=19 July 2022}}</ref>|[[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s |website= [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date= August 24, 2015 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9700-the-200-best-songs-of-the-1980s/?page=8|quote= ...a marvellously engineered slice of psychedelic rock...|accessdate= February 11, 2023}}</ref>}}
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| Last single = "[[She Bangs The Drums]]"<br>(1989)
| length = {{ubl|4:52 (LP and 12-inch version)|3:28 (edit and 7-inch version)}}
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| This single = "'''I Wanna Be Adored'''"<br>(1989)
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| label = [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]]
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| Next single = "[[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For]]"<br>(1989)
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| writer = {{hlist|[[Ian Brown]]|[[John Squire]]}}
| producer = [[John Leckie]]
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| prev_title = [[She Bangs The Drums]]
| prev_year = 1989
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| next_title = [[Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For]]
| next_year = 1989
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"'''I Wanna Be Adored'''" is a song by the British [[Rock music|rock]] band [[The Stone Roses]]. It was the first track on their debut album, ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'', and was released as a single.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored | url=http://www.discogs.com/Stone-Roses-I-Wanna-Be-Adored/release/177628 | publisher=Discogs}}</ref> The US release charted at number 18 on the [[Alternative Songs|''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web | title= Artists / The Stone Roses / Chart History / Alternative Songs | url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/419202/stone-roses/chart?f=377 |work= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=2015-01-09}}</ref> In 1991, the single was released in the UK, Germany and Japan featuring previously unreleased B-sides.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored (Master Release) | url=http://www.discogs.com/Stone-Roses-I-Wanna-Be-Adored/master/12484 | publisher=Discogs}}</ref>
"'''I Wanna Be Adored'''" is a song by the British [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Stone Roses]]. It was the first track on their debut album, ''[[The Stone Roses (album)|The Stone Roses]]'', and was released as a single.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored | date=19 August 1989 | url=http://www.discogs.com/Stone-Roses-I-Wanna-Be-Adored/release/177628 | publisher=Discogs}}</ref> The US release charted at number 18 on the [[Alternative Songs|''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart]] in 1990.<ref name=mrt>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-stone-roses/chart-history/mrt/|title=Billboard > Chart History > The Stone Roses > Alternative Songs|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> In 1991, the single was released in the UK, Germany and Japan featuring previously unreleased B-sides.<ref>{{cite web | title=Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored (Master Release) | date=19 August 1989 | url=http://www.discogs.com/Stone-Roses-I-Wanna-Be-Adored/master/12484 | publisher=Discogs}}</ref>

The song was meant as a forthright apology (for signing a lucrative record deal) to the Manchester fans who had been there from the start.


==Composition==
==Composition==
"I Wanna Be Adored" begins with a collage of sounds. The first instrument to enter is the bass guitar, which appears 40 seconds in. This is followed by two guitars, one of which plays a [[pentatonic scale]] [[riff]]. The bass drum enters at 1:13, and the main portion of the song begins at 1:30.<ref name="Rooksby126">Rooksby, p. 126</ref>
"I Wanna Be Adored" begins with a collage of sounds. The first instrument to enter is the bass guitar, which appears 40 seconds in. This is followed by two guitars, one of which plays a [[pentatonic scale]] [[riff]]. The bass drum enters at 1:13, and the main portion of the song begins at 1:30.<ref name="Rooksby126">Rooksby, p. 126</ref>


The song is performed in the key of G. The song features two main sections: a four bar G-D-G-D-Em chord progression, followed by an eight-bar bridge that shifts from D to C repeatedly. The song's lyrics are minimalist, mainly consisting of the lines "I don't need to sell my soul/He's already in me" and the song's title repeated throughout the entire song.<ref name="Rooksby126" />
The song is performed in the key of G. The song features two main sections: a four bar G–D–G–D–Em chord progression, followed by an eight-bar bridge that shifts from D to C repeatedly. The song's lyrics are minimalist, mainly consisting of the lines "I don't have/need to [[Faust|sell my soul]]/He's already in me" and the song's title repeated throughout the entire song.<ref name="Rooksby126" />


==Reception==
==Reception==
Ian Brown later performed the B-side, "Where Angels Play", live from 2004, and a new version was included on the B-side of his single, "[[Time Is My Everything]]". In 2006, the music magazine ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' voted it 32nd in its list of 100 greatest songs of all time. In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "I Wanna Be Adored" at number 17 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. [[VH2]] placed the song at #2 on the ''Indie 500'', a countdown of their top 500 indie songs of all time. Though "[[There Is a Light That Never Goes Out]]" by [[The Smiths]] was at number one, on a condensed version showing just the top 50, the songs had swapped places with "I Wanna Be Adored" at number one. ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' also included the song's bassline at number 17 in their 2005 list of the "Top 50 Basslines of All Time".<ref>http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-basslines-of-all-time.htm</ref>
In 2006, the music magazine ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' voted it 32nd in its list of 100 greatest songs of all time. In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "I Wanna Be Adored" at number 17 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. [[VH2]] placed the song at number two on the ''Indie 500'', a countdown of their top 500 indie songs of all time. Though "[[There Is a Light That Never Goes Out]]" by [[the Smiths]] was at number one, on a condensed version showing just the top 50, the two songs had swapped places, with "Adored" at number one. ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' also included the song's bassline at number 17 in their 2005 list of the ''Top 50 Basslines of All Time''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-basslines-of-all-time.html|title=Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Basslines Of All Time|date=12 September 2005|website=[[Stylus Magazine]]|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828200317/https://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/stylus-magazines-top-50-basslines-of-all-time.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== In popular culture ==
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[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] refer to The Stone Roses by quoting the song in "[[Be Here Now (album)|Magic Pie]]": "They are sleeping while they dream/and they who wanna be adored".
The song features in the 2005 film ''[[Green Street (film)|Green Street]],'' as well as 2011 film ''[[I Melt with You (film)|I Melt with You]]'' and 2021 film ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|Tick, Tick... Boom!]]''<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8721424/soundtrack/ |title=tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) - Soundtracks - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2024-11-04 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Green Street (2005): Cast, soundtrack & all you need to know about the football hooligan drama {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/green-street-2005-cast-soundtrack-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-/xluo4aeswdpa12n5dsjtndpgi |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=www.goal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1691920/soundtrack/ |title=I Melt with You (2011) - Soundtracks - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2024-11-04 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>


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[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] refer to the Stone Roses by quoting "I Wanna Be Adored" in their 1997 song "Magic Pie": "They are sleeping while they dream/ but then they wanna be adored".
The song appears on the soundtrack of the [[Michael Winterbottom]] film ''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]''<ref>{{cite web | title=Welcome to Sarajevo / Soundtracks | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120490/soundtrack | publisher=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> and on the soundtrack of the 2005 film ''[[Green Street (film)|Green Street]]'', directed by [[Lexi Alexander]] and starring Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam and Marc Warren.<ref>{{cite web | title=Green Street Houligans / Soundtracks | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385002/soundtrack | publisher = Internet Movie Databse}}</ref>

It also appeared on the fifth season of ''[[American Horror Story]]'' in the episode "Battle Royale".
[[Celtic F.C. supporters|Celtic]] fans incorporated the song into a chant for former player [[Odsonne Edouard]] chanting ‘i wanna be edouard’

==Music video==
The music video for "I Wanna Be Adored" was made concurrently with "[[Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For|Fools Gold]]" for the American release of the single in 1989; hence the videos share similar visual effects and scenery. The videos were both filmed near the [[A57 road|A57]] [[Snake Pass]] between Sheffield and Manchester, in the same location that [[Inspiral Carpets]] used for the video of their song "[[This Is How It Feels (single)|This Is How It Feels]]."


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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===1989 US release===
===1989 US release===


;12" vinyl (Silvertone 1301-1-JD)<br> Cassette (Silvertone 1301-4-JS)<br> CD (Silvertone 1301-2-JD)
'''12-inch vinyl (Silvertone 1301-1-JD)<br/> Cassette (Silvertone 1301-4-JS)<br/> CD (Silvertone 1301-2-JD)'''
# I Wanna Be Adored (edit) (3:28)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" (edit) – 3:28
# I Wanna Be Adored (4:52)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
# Going Down (2:46)
# "Going Down" – 2:46
# Simone (4:24)
# "Simone" – 4:24


===1991 UK release===
===1991 UK release===


;7" vinyl (Silvertone ORE 31)<br> Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 31)
'''7-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE 31)<br/> Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 31)'''
# I Wanna Be Adored (3:28)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" – 3:28
# Where Angels Play (4:15)
# "Where Angels Play" – 4:15


;12" vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 31)
'''12-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 31)'''
# I Wanna Be Adored (4:52)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
# Where Angels Play (4:15)
# "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
# Sally Cinnamon (Live at the Hacienda) (3:52)
# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52


;CD (Silvertone ORE CD 31)
'''CD (Silvertone ORE CD 31)'''
# I Wanna Be Adored (7" version) (3:28)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" (7" version) – 3:28
# Where Angels Play (4:15)
# "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
# I Wanna Be Adored (12" version) (4:53)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
# Sally Cinnamon (Live at the Hacienda) (3:52)
# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52


===1991 Japanese release===
===1991 Japanese release===


;CD (Silvertone/Alfa ALCB-392)''
'''CD (Silvertone/Alfa ALCB-392)'''
# I Wanna Be Adored (12" version) (4:53)
# "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
# Where Angels Play (4:15)
# "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
# Sally Cinnamon (Live at the Hacienda) (3:52)
# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52
# Fools Gold (Extended version) (9:53)
# "Fools Gold" (Extended version) – 9:53


==Music video==
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
The music video for ''I Wanna Be Adored'' was made concurrently with ''Fools Gold'' for the American release of the single in 1989. Hence the videos share similar visual effects and scenery.
!Chart (1990–1991)

!Peak<br>position
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==Cover versions==
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Cover versions of "I Wanna Be Adored" have been recorded by the following musical groups or artists:
!scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/3GcodBK.jpg|title=The Stone Roses ARIA chart history, received 20 May 2020|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|via=Imgur.com|access-date=23 May 2020}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.</ref>
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* [[Year of the Rabbit (band)|Year of the Rabbit]] – ''Hunted'' EP (2003)
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* [http://www.1tangerine.com Tangerine] – ''Song For The Now And Others Forever'' (2004)
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* [[Monsters Are Waiting]] – ''Ones And Zeros'' EP (2008)
{{single chart|Ireland3|21|artist=The Stone Roses|rowheader=true|access-date=23 May 2020}}
* [[The Raveonettes]] – as part of [[Dr Martens]] 50th anniversary (2010)<ref>[http://50.drmartens.com/artists/raveonettes]</ref>
|-
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* [[Badly Drawn Boy]] – live
{{single chart|UK|20|date=19910908|rowheader=true|access-date=23 May 2020}}
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* [[Lana Mir]] – ''Goodbye Girl'' EP (2010)
|-
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* [[Teron Beal]] – ''Liquor Store'' (2010)
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|18|artist=The Stone Roses|access-date=7 August 2017|rowheader=true}}
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* [[Eagulls]] – as part of ''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'s}} A.V. Undercover series (2014)<ref>{{cite web|first= Josh |last= Modell |title= Eagulls cover The Stone Roses |url= http://www.avclub.com/video/eagulls-cover-stone-roses-206864 |work= [[The A.V. Club]] |publisher= [[The Onion|Onion, Inc.]] |date= 15 July 2014 |accessdate= 15 July 2014}}</ref>
|}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|autocat=yes|accessdate=11 November 2016 |artist=The Stone Roses|title=I Wanna Be Adored|type=single|relyear=1989|certyear=2016|salesamount=200,000}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|access-date=8 March 2021|artist=Stone Roses|title=I Wanna Be Adored|type=single|relyear=1989|certyear=2021|id=13966-561-1}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

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==Cover versions==
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Cover versions of ''I Wanna Be Adored'' have been recorded by the following musical groups and artists:
* [[Death Cab for Cutie]] - Live bonus track on the Deluxe Edition of ''[[The Photo Album]]'' (2001)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/album/the-photo-album-deluxe-edition | title=The Photo Album (Deluxe Edition) | website=[[Bandcamp]] | access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>
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* [[Year of the Rabbit (band)|Year of the Rabbit]] – ''Hunted'' EP (2003){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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* Tangerine – ''Song for the Now and Others Forever'' (2004){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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* [[Monsters Are Waiting]] – ''Ones And Zeros'' EP (2008){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
* [[The Raveonettes]] – as part of [[Dr. Martens]] 50th anniversary (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://50.drmartens.com/artists/raveonettes |title=The Raveonettes - I Wanna be Adored - Dr. Martens |access-date=28 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901160409/http://50.drmartens.com/artists/raveonettes |archive-date=1 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
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* [[Badly Drawn Boy]] – live{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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* [[Lana Mir]] – ''Goodbye Girl'' EP (2010){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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* [[Teron Beal]] – ''Liquor Store'' (2010){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
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* [[Eagulls]] – as part of ''The A.V. Club''{{'s}} A.V. Undercover series (2014)<ref>{{cite web |first= Josh |last= Modell |title= Eagulls cover The Stone Roses |url= http://www.avclub.com/video/eagulls-cover-stone-roses-206864 |website= [[The A.V. Club]] |publisher= [[The Onion|Onion, Inc.]] |date= 15 July 2014 |access-date= 15 July 2014 |archive-date= 17 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140717185240/http://www.avclub.com/video/eagulls-cover-stone-roses-206864 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
* [[King Woman]] - ''I Wanna Be Adored'' digital single (2018){{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
* [[Metallica]] - live at the [[City of Manchester Stadium|Etihad Stadium]] (2019)<ref> {{cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kc2EiZxMT8 |date= 18 June 2019|access-date = 6 March 2021 |title = Metallica - I Wanna Be Adored|website= [[YouTube]]}}</ref>
* [[Las Nubes]] – ''LIVE NUBES: Live & Session Tracks 2019-2021''<ref>https://lasnubes.bandcamp.com/track/i-wanna-be-adored-iii-points-miami-2021</ref>


==References==
==References==
*Rooksby, Rikki. ''Inside Classic Rock Tracks''. Backbeat, 2001. ISBN 0-87930-654-8
*Rooksby, Rikki. ''Inside Classic Rock Tracks''. Backbeat, 2001. {{ISBN|0-87930-654-8}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.john-squire.com/discography/new/disco_tsr_singles_adored.html The Definitive Stone Roses Discography entry]
*[http://www.john-squire.com/discography/new/disco_tsr_singles_adored.html The Definitive Stone Roses Discography entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818091653/http://www.john-squire.com/discography/new/disco_tsr_singles_adored.html |date=18 August 2016 }}


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"I Wanna Be Adored"
Single by the Stone Roses
from the album The Stone Roses
B-side"Going Down"
Released1989 (US)
1991 (UK)
RecordedJune 1988 – February 1989
Genre
Length
  • 4:52 (LP and 12-inch version)
  • 3:28 (edit and 7-inch version)
LabelSilvertone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"She Bangs The Drums"
(1989) 		"I Wanna Be Adored"
(1989) 		"Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For"
(1989)

"I Wanna Be Adored" is a song by the British rock band the Stone Roses. It was the first track on their debut album, The Stone Roses, and was released as a single.[4] The US release charted at number 18 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1990.[5] In 1991, the single was released in the UK, Germany and Japan featuring previously unreleased B-sides.[6]

Composition

[edit]

"I Wanna Be Adored" begins with a collage of sounds. The first instrument to enter is the bass guitar, which appears 40 seconds in. This is followed by two guitars, one of which plays a pentatonic scale riff. The bass drum enters at 1:13, and the main portion of the song begins at 1:30.[7]

The song is performed in the key of G. The song features two main sections: a four bar G–D–G–D–Em chord progression, followed by an eight-bar bridge that shifts from D to C repeatedly. The song's lyrics are minimalist, mainly consisting of the lines "I don't have/need to sell my soul/He's already in me" and the song's title repeated throughout the entire song.[7]

Reception

[edit]

In 2006, the music magazine Q voted it 32nd in its list of 100 greatest songs of all time. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "I Wanna Be Adored" at number 17 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. VH2 placed the song at number two on the Indie 500, a countdown of their top 500 indie songs of all time. Though "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the Smiths was at number one, on a condensed version showing just the top 50, the two songs had swapped places, with "Adored" at number one. Stylus Magazine also included the song's bassline at number 17 in their 2005 list of the Top 50 Basslines of All Time.[8]

[edit]

The song features in the 2005 film Green Street, as well as 2011 film I Melt with You and 2021 film Tick, Tick... Boom![9][10][11]

Oasis refer to the Stone Roses by quoting "I Wanna Be Adored" in their 1997 song "Magic Pie": "They are sleeping while they dream/ but then they wanna be adored".

Celtic fans incorporated the song into a chant for former player Odsonne Edouard chanting ‘i wanna be edouard’

Music video

[edit]

The music video for "I Wanna Be Adored" was made concurrently with "Fools Gold" for the American release of the single in 1989; hence the videos share similar visual effects and scenery. The videos were both filmed near the A57 Snake Pass between Sheffield and Manchester, in the same location that Inspiral Carpets used for the video of their song "This Is How It Feels."

Track listing

[edit]

1989 US release

[edit]

12-inch vinyl (Silvertone 1301-1-JD)
Cassette (Silvertone 1301-4-JS)
CD (Silvertone 1301-2-JD)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (edit) – 3:28
  2. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
  3. "Going Down" – 2:46
  4. "Simone" – 4:24

1991 UK release

[edit]

7-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE 31)
Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 3:28
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15

12-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52

CD (Silvertone ORE CD 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (7" version) – 3:28
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
  4. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52

1991 Japanese release

[edit]

CD (Silvertone/Alfa ALCB-392)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52
  4. "Fools Gold" (Extended version) – 9:53

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1990–1991) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 141
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[14] 20
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[15] 18

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16] Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

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Cover versions of I Wanna Be Adored have been recorded by the following musical groups and artists:

References

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  • Rooksby, Rikki. Inside Classic Rock Tracks. Backbeat, 2001. ISBN 0-87930-654-8

Notes

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  1. ^ Dalton, Stephen (9 August 2009). "So much to answer for". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ "where have all the flowers gone?". Spin. Vol. 9, no. 2. SPIN Media LLC. May 1993. p. 47. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ Pitchfork Staff (24 August 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 February 2023. ...a marvellously engineered slice of psychedelic rock...
  4. ^ "Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored". Discogs. 19 August 1989.
  5. ^ "Billboard > Chart History > The Stone Roses > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored (Master Release)". Discogs. 19 August 1989.
  7. ^ a b Rooksby, p. 126
  8. ^ "Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Basslines Of All Time". Stylus Magazine. 12 September 2005. Archived from the original on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  9. ^ tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) - Soundtracks - IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  10. ^ "Green Street (2005): Cast, soundtrack & all you need to know about the football hooligan drama | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  11. ^ I Melt with You (2011) - Soundtracks - IMDb. Retrieved 4 November 2024 – via www.imdb.com.
  12. ^ "The Stone Roses ARIA chart history, received 20 May 2020". ARIA. Retrieved 23 May 2020 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column indicates the release's peak on the national chart.
  13. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography The Stone Roses". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. ^ "The Stone Roses Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  16. ^ "British single certifications – Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  17. ^ "The Photo Album (Deluxe Edition)". Bandcamp. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  18. ^ "The Raveonettes - I Wanna be Adored - Dr. Martens". Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  19. ^ Modell, Josh (15 July 2014). "Eagulls cover The Stone Roses". The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  20. ^ "Metallica - I Wanna Be Adored". YouTube. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  21. ^ https://lasnubes.bandcamp.com/track/i-wanna-be-adored-iii-points-miami-2021
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