U Make Me Wanna (Blue song)

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"U Make Me Wanna"
Blue U Make Me Wanna.jpg
Single by Blue
from the album One Love
B-side "Made for Loving You"
Released17 March 2003 (2003-03-17)
Studio StarGate (Norway)
Length3:39
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) StarGate
Blue singles chronology
"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
(2002)
"U Make Me Wanna"
(2003)
"Guilty"
(2003)

"U Make Me Wanna" is a song by English boy band Blue. It was released as the third and final single from their second studio album, One Love (2002). It was released on 17 March 2003 in the United Kingdom and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

A bilingual remake of the same name was included on Elva Hsiao's Love's Theme Song, Kiss album. Blue was featured on the track and on the music video. [1]

Music video

The music video for "U Make Me Wanna" was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. [2]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [30] Gold150,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom17 March 2003
  • CD
  • DVD
  • cassette
[32]
Japan29 March 2003CD [33]

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