I Wanna Be Adored

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"I Wanna Be Adored"
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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)
Label Silvertone
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]

Contents

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. [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

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]

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

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

1989 US release

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

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

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

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

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

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

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References

Notes

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