I Want You (Cheap Trick song)

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"I Want You"
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Single by Cheap Trick
from the album One on One
B-side "Lookin' Out for Number One"
Released1982
Genre Rock, power pop
Length3:03
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Rick Nielsen
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"If You Want My Love"
(1982)		"I Want You"
(1982)		"She's Tight"
(1982)

"I Want You" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1982 as the second single from their sixth studio album One on One . The song was written by Rick Nielsen and produced by Roy Thomas Baker. It was released as a single in the Netherlands only, reaching No. 48 there. [1] [2]

Contents

Despite the title's similarity to Cheap Trick's popular song "I Want You to Want Me", the song is not similar in any other way. No music video was created to promote the single. The single's B-side, "Lookin' Out for Number One", also appeared on One on One. [3]

Critical reception

In a review of One on One, Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone singled out the song as one of the album's "depressingly moronic cuts". He commented: "Robin Zander sounds as though he's undergoing total body electrolysis. His hollering is abetted by Nielsen's ultravolume ax thrashings and Roy Thomas Baker's acquiescent production. Not even the solid rhythm section of Bun E. Carlos and new bassist Jon Brant stands a chance against that kind of aural firepower." [4]

Track listing

7" Single
  1. "I Want You" - 3:30
  2. "Lookin' Out for Number One" - 4:14

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart [2] 48

Personnel

Cheap Trick
Additional personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Cheap Trick - I Want You (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  2. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Cheap Trick - I Want You". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  3. ↑ "Cheap Trick - One On One at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  4. ↑ Christopher Connelly (1982-07-08). "One On One | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
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