I Want You to Want Me

"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album In Color
B-side"Oh Boy (Instrumental Version)"
ReleasedSeptember 1977 (1977-09)
Recorded1977
StudioKendun Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre
Length3:07
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)Tom Werman
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"Oh, Candy"
(1977) 		"I Want You to Want Me"
(1977) 		"Southern Girls"
(1977)
"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan
B-side"Clock Strikes Ten"
ReleasedApril 1979 (1979-04)
RecordedApril 1978
VenueNippon Budokan, Tokyo
GenreHard rock, power pop
Length3:38
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"California Man"
(1978) 		"I Want You to Want Me"
(1979) 		"Ain't That a Shame"
(1979)

"I Want You to Want Me" is a 1977 song by Cheap Trick and was originally taken from their second studio album In Color. The better known version is the 1979 live single that topped the single charts in Japan, the Netherlands and Belgium and made number 7 in the United States, number 2 in Canada, number 15 in Austria, number 29 in the United Kingdom and number 23 in New Zealand. The cover version was used in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You.

References

  1. ↑ Lester, Paul (February 11, 2015). "Powerpop: 10 of the best". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved July 29, 2016.
  2. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (November 19, 2022). "Angry Young Men Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
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