I Want You to Want Me

~ Recording by Cheap Trick

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50435
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickIn ColorCheap TrickAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)PE 34884
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
  • GB1977-10-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC S 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50435
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)06SP 182
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
SuzyEPC 5701
1.1甘い罠3:09チープ・トリック甘い罠 / サレンダー (ライブ)チープ・トリックSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)06 5P-21
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickRealistic: Laser RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Realistic51-5004
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickTonight It's YouCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)TX 6390
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickFinest in RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)460135 2
1.11I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickSuper Rock SessionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickIn ColorCheap TrickAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 34884
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickCollectionCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CCSCD 309
3.7I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickThe Metal BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music)TMBCD 47007
2.18I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickThe Rock and Roll Decades: The SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)CSP 982 630-2
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickThe Rock Collection: Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/05
1.9I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickThose Rocking ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Razor & TieA2 22502
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:06Cheap Trick25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1979, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Connoisseur CollectionXRRT CD 79
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:06Cheap Trick25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1979, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:13Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
1.16I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickLe Disque du routard - U.S.AVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Versailles (French label)VER 472891 2
2.9I Want You To Want Me3:08Cheap TrickLe disque du routard - U.S.A.Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Versailles (French label)VER 472892 2
1.15I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickRock PowerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.)STACD 019
1.13I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickThe Greatest Hits 1967-1991Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsLSP 982760 2
1.13I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickClassic PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)DIC3199932
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickSolid Metal 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.)STACD 075 (M)
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickSolid Metal 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Stardust (subsidiary of Wisepack Ltd.)STACD 075 (A)
2.11I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickThe Chart Show: Ultimate Rock 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.6I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickYoung at HeartVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sounds DirectSDC697/03
4.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickSony Music Box: RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR1995-02-01
Versailles (French label)VER 4784542, ver 478454-2
2.9I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickTeenage Kicks: 46 Classic Punk & New Wave TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)525 338-2
2.12I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickRock AttackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH535309-2
2.6I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickYoung at HeartVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sounds DirectA482/9548 34347 2
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap Trick70's Party Rock (1970-1979)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 28597
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickK-TEL Starflight Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets72438-19528-25
2.6I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickTriple M Unleashed AgainVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)488273-2
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickIn Color (Reissue, Remastered)Cheap TrickAlbum
  • US1998-09-29
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 65573
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickIn ColorCheap TrickAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)491230 2
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickThat ’70s Show Presents: That ’70s Rockin’ AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US1999-09-28
Volcano Records (US label)31155
4.14I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickSuperhits of Rock 1965–79Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1999-10-26
1.9I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap Trick70s RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)MIDCD026
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickPop Rock: Music That Changes Our LivesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Trans World EntertainmentCSK 63942
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickThe Power of Love: 1977–1981Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999
Time–Life MusicTL629/18
2.7I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickHitladen: Die größten Rock & Pop Hits der 70erVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
4.14I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap Trick100% Rock, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation)060249820384(2)
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickCasey Kasem Presents America’s Top Ten 1970s: Rock’s Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Top Sail ProductionsTSP-71902
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickSüddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1977: Ein Jahr und seine 20 SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Süddeutsche Zeitung
2.5I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickGreatest Ever! Rock: The Definitive CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-09-18
Union Square MusicGTSTCD005
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickIn ColorCheap TrickAlbum
  • US2008-02-05
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 65573
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickAmerican Heartbeat: A Pulsating 80s Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-04-07
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
4.3I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickHard + HeavyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickOriginal Album Classics (Cheap Trick / In Color / Heaven Tonight / All Shook Up / Next Position Please)Cheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697295562
4.17I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickThe Ultimate Collection: Rock - 100 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicULTIMBX005
2.2I Want You to Want Me3:03Cheap TrickRock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-06-16
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)858400
1.52I Want You to Want Me3:01Cheap TrickEssential Rock: Definitive Rock Classics and Power BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-10-09
Sony Music UK (~2002)
5.7I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap Trick100 Essential Tracks: Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-12-07
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697607542
2.11I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickEssential: One for the LadsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2010-05-10
  • GB2010-05-10
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697702012
1.11I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickAmerican AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-05-24
Cleveland International Records, EMI TV, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697721962
2.11I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickEssential: One for the Lads (non CA, US, DE, AU, NZ)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music UK (~2002)
1.16I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickHaynes DAD: Ultimate Guide to RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-06-07
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.5I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickPure… 70’s Dance PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.5I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickPure… 70s Dance PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-06-06
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)886979069022
2.14I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickGreatest Ever! Rock Anthems: The Definitive CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-09-19
Union Square MusicGTSTCD054
3.5I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap Trick100 Megahits: Rock & PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-11-04
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 84002 2, 88697840022
2.1I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickClassic Rock: Les Classiques de Marc Ysaye: 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2012-10-12
Parlophone Belgium
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickThe Complete Epic Albums Collection (Boxed Set)Cheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013-04-08
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697941932
2.19I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickThe Old Grey Whistle Test: The AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-06-11
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)WMTV196
3.6I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickPure… AmericaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2013-06-17
88697906922
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickThe Classic Albums 1977–1979Cheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-11-29
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88883777711
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickGreatest Ever! RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicGTSTCD902
2.15I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickLatest & Greatest Driving Rock AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
USM MediaUSMMTCD040
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickAmerican Heartbeat: A Pulsating 80s Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-12-12
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickAmerican Heartbeat: A Pulsating 80s Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-12-12
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
2.9I Want You to Want Me3:11Cheap TrickAmerican HighwayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music TVWMTV 216
4.16I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickUltimate 70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-05-04
  • DE2015-09-25
  • XE2015
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875085552
2.17I Want You to Want Me3:13Cheap TrickBeer Drinking ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)2304624
3.19I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickHow It Works: The Dad: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-06-03
Ladybird (Ladybird Books Ltd), Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)88985332052
3.19I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickHow It Works: The Dad: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-06-03
3.12I Want You to Want Me3:13Cheap TrickNow That’s What I Call Rock BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-06-03
NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos)
5.12I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap Trick100 Hits: Rock JukeboxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2016-10-21
  • ES2016-10-21
  • GB2016-10-21
100 Hits, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)DMGN 100 171
3.12I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickNow That’s What I Call Rock BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)0889853222421
1.11I Want You to Want Me3:04Cheap TrickSuperstar SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88875166632
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickIn ColorCheap TrickAlbum
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)SICP 31062
2.10I Want You to Want Me3:09Cheap TrickClassic 70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2018-02-23
  • NZ2018-02-23
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
2.8I Want You to Want Me (Quickstep)3:06Cheap TrickLet’s Dance: Das Tanzalbum 2018Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2018-04-06
Polystar (Germany)00600753825136
1.48I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap TrickRide Like the Wind: The Smooth Sound of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IE2018-07-27
  • GB2018-07-27
Ministry of Sound
3.8I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickRide Like the Wind: The Smooth Sound of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-07-27
Ministry of SoundMOSCD522
Promotion
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
  • GB1977-10-14
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50435
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC S 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)06SP 182
1.10I Want You to Want Me3:12Cheap TrickSounds Like a Good Album to Us: The Sounds Album, Volume IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)SOUND 2
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
  • GB1978-03-24
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 5701
1.1I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:07Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 7258
1.10I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickRocking All Over the World (Daily Mail)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Daily MailASDMCD01, ASDMCD04
1.10I Want You to Want Me3:10Cheap TrickSolid Gold, Volume 1: Rocking All Over the WorldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Daily MailASDMCD01
Bootleg
8.13I Want You to Want Me3:08Cheap Trick80’s Giga Hits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008

Relationships

engineer:Antonio Reale
producer:Tom Werman
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1977)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1977)
recorded at:Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, United States (in 1977)
mixed at:Westlake Audio (former name of Westlake Recording Studios) in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1977)
part of:Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 266) (order: 266)
recording of:I Want You to Want Me (in 1977)

Related works

I Want You to Want Me

lyricist and composer:Rick Nielsen
publisher:Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Gil Music Corporation
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
Adult Music (in 1977)
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1977)
later parody versions:I Want You to Whomp Me
later translated parody versions:Je te veux dans mon lit
part of:10 Things I Hate About You