I Want You to Want Me
| "I Want You to Want Me" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Oh Boy" |
| "I Want You to Want Me" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Clock Strikes Ten" (Live) |
| "I Want You to Want Me" | |
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| Song |
"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. In Canada, it reached #2 in on the RPM national singles chart, remaining there for two weeks.[5][6] 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | April 28, 1979 | #7 | 19 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 Singles | April 21, 1979 | #3 | 23 |
| Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles | May 19, 1979 | #2 | 26 |
All appearances
- 1977: In Color
- 1978: From Tokyo to You
- 1978: Cheap Trick at Budokan
- 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)
- Rob & Fab - Rob & Fab (1993) (added two verses of rapping)
- 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)
- Holmes Brothers - State Of Grace (2007)
- XXX (band) - "Heaven, Hell Or Hollywood?" (2009)
- NOFX
In popular culture
Before every show Stephen Colbert psychs himself up by playing the At Budokan version of this song. [7]
References
- ^ McLane, D. (June 14, 1979). "Cheap Trick Finds Heaven". Rolling Stone. p. 49.
- ^ Wright, J. "Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick". Classic Rock Revisited. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "BUDOKAN! (30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs) insert booklet".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Cheap Trick singles Billboard performance". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4497a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12
- ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4484a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12
- ^ http://www.parade.com/celebrity/articles/070923-stephen-colbert.html