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  • Artist: Cheap Trick
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1992
  • Type: Compilation (best of)
  • Genre: Rock

Review

No rock record collection should exist without Cheap Trick's first three albums. But if you really want a budget (actually not that cheap) sampler, I Want You to Want Me should suffice. Of course the explosive miracle "Surrender"makes an appearance, and "Dream Police" packs almost as brilliant a punch. The tinkly studio original of the title track is a surprise, since the raw and heavy Live at Budokan version put the band on the map. "You Say Jump" was written by -- and then written-off by -- the quartet as being an "I Want You to Want Me" knock-off, but it isn't a bad pop-bit. Same goes for "Younger Girls," one of the few cuts in the band's career wherein supreme vocalist Robin Zander steers the tune rather than guiding loony Rick Nielsen. These album slices from the Rundgren-helmed Next Position Please (this collection's cut-off) are decent, but they can't touch missing '80s masterworks like "Stop This Game" and "I Want Be Man." Luckily, the elegant "If You Want My Love" shines as one of the band's truly great moments, and from the glorious '70s comes the oh-so-cool "Heaven Tonight," which extends the late-night dose-riff moving through "Kashmir." "Big Eyes" combines the "Green Manalishi" with "She's Not There," again proving Cheap Trick's dexterity with infinite influences. This disc should suit the curious, but those persons should just dive into the band's mercurial catalog (the cover photos come from the Doctor, an obnoxious oddball offering often considered the worst Trick album, but none of its song appear here). Each Trick album is a study in production, and honestly, these tracks lose something in the transfer. ~ Whitney Z. Gomes, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Surrender (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:07)
Big Eyes (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (4:10)
You Say Jump (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:05)
Younger Girls (Lyrics) Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:03)
I Want You to Want Me (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:12)
Heaven Tonight (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson Cheap Trick (5:19)
If You Want My Love (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:33)
Day Tripper John Lennon, Paul McCartney Cheap Trick (3:36)
Dream Police (Lyrics) Rick Nielsen Cheap Trick (3:51)
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"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album In Color
B-side "Oh Boy"
Released 1977
Format 7"
Recorded Kendun Recorders
Los Angeles, 1977
Genre Rock
Length 3:09
Label Epic 50435
Writer(s) Rick Nielsen
Producer Tom Werman
"I Want You to Want Me (Live)"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan
B-side "Clock Strikes Ten" (Live)
Released 1979
Format 7"
Recorded Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
April 1978
Genre Rock
Length 3:38
Label Epic 50680
Writer(s) Rick Nielsen
Producer Cheap Trick
Certification Gold
"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Dwight Yoakam
from the album Tomorrow's Sounds Today
Released 2001
Format CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:28
Label Reprise
Writer(s) Rick Nielsen
Producer Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology
"What Do You Know About Love"
(2000)		 "I Want You to Want Me"
(2001)		 ""I Was There" (with Buck Owens)
(2001)

"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by Cheap Trick which first appeared on their second album In Color in 1977. It was the first single released from that album but it didn't chart in the US. However, it was a #1 single in Japan.[1][2] Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding single "Clock Strikes Ten" and its followup "Surrender", paved the way for Cheap Trick's famous concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 that were recorded for the group's most popular album, Cheap Trick at Budokan.[3] 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.[4] It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing sales of one million records. It was also the band's highest charting single in Britain, where it reached #29.

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Chart performance

Chart Debut
date		 Peak
position		 Weeks
on chart
Billboard Hot 100 April 28, 1979 #7 19
Cash Box Top 100 Singles April 21, 1979 #3 23

All appearances

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ McLane, D. (June 14, 1979). "Cheap Trick Finds Heaven". Rolling Stone: p. 49. 
  2. ^ Wright, J.. "Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick". Classic Rock Revisited. http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviewcheaptrick08.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-05. 
  3. ^ BUDOKAN! (30th Anniversary DVD+3CDs) insert booklet. 
  4. ^ "Cheap Trick singles Billboard performance". allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=CHEAP. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
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