Cheap Trick I Want You To Want Me (Remastered)

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I Want You to Want Me hi-def is performed by Cheap Trick in 1979 with the live Budokan overdub. The pop-rock song is originally from their second album In Color, released in September 1977 but the single did not chart in the United States. Nineteen months later, a 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 in the US, number two in Canada, and number one in Japan. It has since become Cheap Trick's signature song.

"I Want You to Want Me" was a number-one single in Japan. Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding single "Clock Strikes Ten", paved the way for Cheap Trick's concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 which was recorded for the group's most popular album, Cheap Trick at Budokan. A live version of "I Want You to Want Me" from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan was released in 1979 and became their biggest selling single, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing sales of one million records. In Canada, it reached #2 on the RPM national singles chart, remaining there for two weeks, and was certified Gold for the sale of 500,000 singles in September 1979. It was also the band's highest-charting single in Britain, where #CheapTrick #IWantYouToWantMe reached num 29. Source: Wikipedia
All Comments (21)
  • @CCrinklebottom
    This song will always make me think of my Dad. He’s still around but he used to always play this song on his guitar when I was a kid. Now I can play this song a guitar. Generational appreciation for cheap trick haha
  • @SaintD2222
    I'm 40 now. Glad to say I was able to see Cheap Trick live opening for STP. Think it was '96 or '97. Such a great show.
  • @KittyGrizGriz
    I love Cheap Trick! ‘78 as a freshman in college, my friend Lisa and I were outside walking around the OK State University campus on a beautiful spring day. I was wearing a black Cheap Trick t shirt with huge white lettering that my boyfriend had given me. A couple of nerdy guys in a car drove by and yelled at me “How cheap of a trick, are YOU?!!” I gave them the middle finger salute 🫡 haha! 😘
  • @markspencer9441
    lol first time I heard this song back in the 70’s I was like what on earth was that?? Highly addictive song and it doesn’t get old!! Pure genius
  • @lisahubert9858
    Was dating a guy who DJ'd at a radio station back in '79 when this came out. I immediately bought the Live at Budokan album. My boyfriend hated Cheap Trick and gave my album away as part of a phone-in prize at the station! I was so pissed, I broken up with the jackass. I still wish I had that vinyl.
  • @common12
    I saw them in 78 opening for Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Town tour. I never heard of them but they were amazeballs!!!
  • @mcmccrane
    Cheap Trick is one of the greatest live rock bands ever. If you have been lucky to see them live, well you have been lucky enough!
  • @TimMonbrod
    Always liked this song ‼️Thanks for showing this video‼️👍🇺🇲😃😊
  • @coffeepotman
    One of the greatest American Rock and Roll bands!
  • @markwilliamwestonwilson1503
    Takes me right back to when it was first released in the Uk , me and my best mate were doing a mobile disco and the punters loved it .
  • @carelesswolf9878
    Come on... The drummer! He's like the other blues brother. I was 9 when this came out.
  • @markwilliamwestonwilson1503
    I lord this when it came out and I was driving today back from my daughters and I was humming this for no reason 45 years on .
  • @RemigioLopez-cz1sn
    This 1 ofmy favorite songs ever everytime I hear it I put on full blast.