I Want You to Want Me

"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick, originally recorded in 1977 for their album In Color; though the version from the band's 1978 album At Budokan subsequently became better known than the original. Words and music are by Rick Nielsen. It reached the top 10 on the U.S. charts.

More recently the song has returned to prominence through the cover version performed by Letters to Cleo, which features on the movie and soundtrack of the popular teen comedy film 10 Things I Hate About You (1999); the song begins to play during the final moments of the film's story, and as the closing credits begin, the camera view pans upward to show Letters to Cleo set up on the roof of a school building, performing the song. Hard Rock Cafe also makes a shirt reading "I Want You to Want Me," based on this song

Dwight Yoakam also covered the song on his 2000 album Tomorrow's Sounds Today. The song was featured in a 2002 Coca-Cola television commercial. Pop singer Lindsay Lohan recorded a version of the song for her 2005 album A Little More Personal (Raw). The Smashing Pumpkins have played the song live, and Billy Corgan has played it with Cheap Trick. Chris Isaak also covered the song and included it in his 2006 album Best of (Chris Isaak compilation), and Canadian punk band Propagandhi covered it as I Want Ü 2 Vant Me ^[1].

The first song of this name was made in the '60s by Tom Tall and Ginny Wright on the Chart label. However, it is not the same song.

"I Want You to Want Me" has been played by several artists in live performance, including SR-71 during all of their tours, and later by SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan during his solo performances.

External links

• http://www.80smusiclyrics.com/artists/cheaptrick.htm
• MP3 of cover by tribute band Cheap Chick that uses a sample of the introduction of the At Budokan track

The song was recently also preformed by Dilana, during elimination night on the hit series Rockstar Supernova.