I Want You to Want Me
| "I Want You to Want Me" | ||||
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US single of the studio recording | ||||
| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album In Color | ||||
| B-side | "Oh Boy (Instrumental Version)" | |||
| Released | September 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:07 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter | Rick Nielsen | |||
| Producer | Tom Werman | |||
| Cheap Trick singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "I Want You to Want Me" (studio) by Cheap Trick on YouTube | ||||
| "I Want You to Want Me" | ||||
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Single release of the live recording | ||||
| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan | ||||
| B-side | "Clock Strikes Ten" | |||
| Released | April 1979 | |||
| Recorded | April 1978 | |||
| Venue | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Songwriter | Rick Nielsen | |||
| Producer | Cheap Trick | |||
| Cheap Trick singles chronology | ||||
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| Live video | ||||
| "I Want You to Want Me" (live, 1979) by Cheap Trick on YouTube | ||||
"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is originally from their second album In Color, released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United States in its original studio version.
19 months later, a more hard rock-oriented live version from the band's successful Cheap Trick at Budokan album was released as a single and became one of their biggest hits, peaking at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two in Canada, and number one in Japan. It has since become Cheap Trick's signature song.