I Want You to Want Me

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"I Want You to Want Me" is a hit rock song by American band Cheap Trick, best known in its live 1979 version that became the group's signature track and a staple of classic rock radio.

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I Want You to Want Me (Spanish cover) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album In Color NERFINISHED
artist Cheap Trick NERFINISHED
chartSuccess hit single
composer Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1970s
genre power pop
rock
hasAudienceParticipation call-and-response sections in live performances
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
vocals
hasLegacy association with Cheap Trick’s image
enduring popularity
hasRecordingType live version
studio version
hasReputation crowd-pleasing live song
hasStyle melodic rock
hasTempo up-tempo
includedOn Cheap Trick at Budokan NERFINISHED
isStapleOf classic rock radio
language English
liveAlbum Cheap Trick at Budokan NERFINISHED
lyricist Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED
notableFor live 1979 version
notableLiveVersionCountry Japan NERFINISHED
notableLiveVersionRecordedAt Nippon Budokan NERFINISHED
notableLiveVersionReleaseYear 1979
notableVersion live version
originalReleaseType studio recording
partOf In Color NERFINISHED
performedIn concerts worldwide
performer Cheap Trick NERFINISHED
performerMember Bun E. Carlos NERFINISHED
Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED
Robin Zander NERFINISHED
Tom Petersson NERFINISHED
radioFormat album-oriented rock
classic rock
recordedBy Cheap Trick NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1977
signatureSongOf Cheap Trick NERFINISHED
writer Rick Nielsen NERFINISHED

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Rudo y Cursi featuresSong I Want You to Want Me
this entity surface form: I Want You to Want Me (Spanish cover)
Cheap Trick notableWork I Want You to Want Me