"I Want That Man" | ||||
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Single by Deborah Harry | ||||
from the album Def, Dumb & Blonde | ||||
B-side | "Bike Boy" | |||
Released | September 25, 1989 [1] | |||
Length | 3:41 | |||
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I Want That Man | ||||
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"I Want That Man" is a song by American singer Deborah Harry. The song was released as the lead single from her third solo album, Def,Dumb &Blonde ,and was the first record Harry released in which she reverted to using Deborah as her name instead of Debbie. "I Want That Man" became a hit in several territories,reaching number two in Australia and on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also became a top-20 hit in Ireland,New Zealand,and the United Kingdom.
The track was written and produced by Thompson Twins members Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey. It became one of the most successful singles in Deborah Harry's solo career,peaking at number two in Australia,number seven in Ireland,number eight in New Zealand,number 13 in the United Kingdom,and number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. The video was directed by Mary Lambert.
The song commences with the lyric,"I want to dance with Harry Dean," a reference to the actor Harry Dean Stanton,about whom Currie and Harry "shared a long-standing fascination." [2] Harry and Currie subsequently met Stanton backstage after "both swooning like teenage girls" watching him sit in with Ry Cooder singing "Across the Borderline" and resulting in Harry and Stanton entering into a short-term relationship. [3]
A disco version of the song was used in the Australian film Strange Bedfellows . In late 1999,the song was included on the EMI compilation Most of All:The Best of Deborah Harry and also reissued as a remix single that charted on the Australian Singles Chart at number 86 in February 2000. The single's B-side,"Bike Boy",appears as a bonus track on the CD and cassette editions of Def,Dumb &Blonde.
"I Want That Man" was written by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie. "Bike Boy" was written by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein.
US and Australian 7-inch and cassette single [4] [5] [6] [7]
US 12-inch single [8]
US CD single [9]
| UK 7-inch and cassette single [10] [11]
UK and Australian 12-inch single,UK CD single [13] [14] [15]
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UK and Australian CD single [17]
European CD single [18]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [28] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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