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  • Artist: Samantha Fox
  • Rating: StarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1989
  • Total Time: 50:58
  • Genre: Rock

Review

While I Wanna Have Some Fun continues to trade on Samantha Fox's frank sex appeal, it does expand her stylistic palette a bit. So while the Full Force-penned title track (and hit single) starts with some sexy-accented come-hitherness from Fox ("Don't you know it's hard to keep a good woman down?"), and continues through a freestyle-lite arrangement that offers plenty of cheekiness, Fun also includes a relatively straightforward version of the pop classic "I Only Want to Be With You." For all her vocal shortcomings, it's obvious (to the point of over-singing) that Fox is trying very hard on the cut. Her bid to be the next Dusty Springfield is eventually undercut by a spazzy synth arrangement, but Fox doesn't quit, segueing boldly into the lighthearted "You Started Something." What's interesting about these songs, in the context of I Wanna Have Some Fun, is that they're actual songs. On an album of extended teases like "Your House or My House" and "Hot for You" -- which are both populated by hokey, heavy breathing and a heap of grinding double entendre -- Fox's attempt at real depth is admirable, even if it doesn't quite work out. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
I Wanna Have Some Fun (Lyrics) Full Force Samantha Fox (5:00)
Love House Ferdi Bolland, Bob Bolland Samantha Fox (4:34)
Your House or My House Jolyon Skinner Samantha Fox (3:54)
Next to Me Full Force Samantha Fox (5:24)
Ready for This Love (Lyrics) Shelly Peiken Samantha Fox (4:19)
Confession Lol Mason, Mark Shreeve, Julian Nott, Samantha Fox, Arthur Schwartz Samantha Fox (4:36)
I Only Wanna Be With You (Lyrics) Michael Hawker, Ivor Raymonde Samantha Fox (2:44)
You Started Something (Lyrics) Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman, Mike Stock Samantha Fox (3:21)
One in a Million Ferdi Bolland, Rob Bolland Samantha Fox (4:34)
Walking on Air Mike Bissell Samantha Fox (4:09)
Hot for You Eric Beali Samantha Fox (4:11)
Out of Your Hands Lol Mason, Mark Shreeve Samantha Fox (4:12)

Credits

Samantha Fox (?), Full Force (Producer)
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I Wanna Have Some Fun
Studio album by Samantha Fox
Released November 1988
Genre Pop rock
Length 50:58
Label Jive Records
Producer Bolland & Bolland, Fred Zarr, Full Force, Stock Aitken Waterman, Steve Power and Steve Lovell, Chris Tsangarides, Thomas Pantano
Professional reviews
Samantha Fox chronology
Samantha Fox
(1987)		 I Wanna Have Some Fun
(1989)		 Just One Night
(1991)
Singles from I Wanna Have Some Fun (U.K.)
  1. "Love House"
    Released: 1988
  2. "I Only Wanna Be with You"
    Released: 1988
  3. "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
    Released: 1989
Singles from I Wanna Have Some Fun (U.S.)
  1. "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
    Released: 1988
  2. "I Only Wanna Be with You"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Love House"
    Released: 1989


I Wanna Have Some Fun is the third album by Samantha Fox released in November 1988 by Jive Records. The album is a funky mixture of dance pop, R&B, and bubblegum replete with drum machines and bass beats.

The album was produced by various producers covering the Euro-pop sound. Two tracks "Next To Me" and the title track reunited her for Full Force, where another reunion with Stock Aitken Waterman saw her record a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You", retitled "I Only Wanna Be with You", and the SAW original "You Started Something". The first single released from the album was "Love House".

The second single released in the UK, "I Only Wanna Be with You" managed to secure her her biggest hit in over a year, peaking in the Top Twenty at #16. The first single release in the US fared even better. The title selection, "I Wanna Have Some Fun," produced by Full-Force, managed to peak in the US Top Ten at #8. (Though released as the third single in the UK, it only managed a #63 placing.) The American release, as the follow-up, of "I Only Wanna Be With You" peaked inside the US Billboard Top 40 at #31. No further singles were released from the album.

Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Have Some Fun" (Full Force)
  2. "Love House" (Bolland & Bolland)
  3. "Your House or My House" (Skinner - Marshall)
  4. "Next to Me" (Full Force)
  5. "Ready for This Love" (Shelly Peiken)
  6. "Confession" (Fox - Mason - Shreeve)
  7. "I Only Wanna Be with You" (Ivor Raymonde - Michael Hawker)
  8. "You Started Something" (Stock - Aitken - Waterman)
  9. "One in a Million" (Bolland & Bolland)
  10. "Walking on Air" (Mike Bissell)
  11. "Hot for You" (Eric Beall)
  12. "Out of Our Hands" (Mark Shreeve - Liz Mason)

I Wanna Have More Fun

Remix album released by Jive/Alfa in 1989, Japan

  1. "I Wanna Have Some Fun" - Extended Mix
  2. "I Wanna Have Some Fun" - UK Single Mix
  3. "I Wanna Have Some Fun" - Full Force Single Edit
  4. "I Wanna Have Some Fun" - Have Some Fun Mix
  5. "Don't Cheat on Me"
  6. "Love House" - The Black Pyramid Mix
  7. "Love House" - Sulphuric Mix
  8. "I Only Wanna Be With You" - Extended Mix
  9. "I Only Wanna Be Burn You"
  10. "I Only Wanna Be House You"
  11. "I Only Wanna Be With You" - Special Single Edit
  12. "I Only Wanna Be With You" - Acapella Mix

Deluxe Edition

  1. "I Wanna Have Some Fun"
  2. "Love House"
  3. "Your House Or My House"
  4. "Next To Me"
  5. "Ready For This Love"
  6. "Confession"
  7. "I Only Wanna Be With You"
  8. "You Started Something"
  9. "One In A Million"
  10. "Walking On Air"
  11. "Hot For You"
  12. "Out Of Our Hands"
  13. "Don't Cheat On Me"
  14. "Lovin' Don't Grow On Trees"
  15. "Now I Lay Me Down"
  16. "I Wanna Have Some Fun [Extended Version]"
  17. "Love House [The Black Pyramid Mix]"
  18. "I Only Wanna Be With You [Extended Mix]"


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Samantha Fox
Studio albums
Touch Me · Samantha Fox · I Wanna Have Some Fun · Just One Night · 21st Century Fox · Angel with an Attitude
Compilations
Live albums
Singles
"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" · "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" · "Hold On Tight" · "I'm All You Need" · "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" · "I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)" · "I Promise You (Get Ready)" · "True Devotion" · "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" · "Love House" · "I Wanna Have Some Fun" · "I Only Wanna Be with You" · "(Hurt Me, Hurt Me) But the Pants Stay On" · "Just One Night" · "Another Woman" · "Spirit of America" · "Gimme Shelter" · "Go for the Heart" · "Santa Maria" · "Deeper" · "Let Me Be Free" · "The Reason is You" · "Perhaps" · "Angel With an Attitude" · "Midnight Lover" · "Tomorrow"
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