I Want You to Want Me (live, 1978-04-27, 28 & 29: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan)

~ Recording by Cheap Trick

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)25-3P-5
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickCalifornia ManCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50625
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickCalifornia ManCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50625
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickCheap Trick at Budokan (yellow vinyl; Limited Edition?)Cheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 86083, S EPC 86083
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 7258
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50680
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:26Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10 (yellow vinyl)Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 7258
1.1I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ES 350
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ES 350
1.1I Want You To Want Me?:??Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / SurrenderCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)66437
1.1Quiero que me quieras3:38Cheap TrickQuiero que me quierasCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 7258
1.2甘い罠 ~ ライブ3:41チープ・トリックレベルポイント メインテーマ スピーク・ナウチープ・トリックSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)06・5P-64
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
  • US1979-02-01
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)FE 35795
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50680
1.1Quiero que me quieras3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)40.189
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50680
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:26Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 7258
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:33Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Look OutCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 7201
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:33Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Look OutCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC S 7201
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Look OutCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EPC 7201
1.6I Want You to Want Me [live version]?:??Cheap TrickStarflightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 35795
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:42Cheap TrickFormula 45Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Silver Eagle RecordsCDL-57026, CDL-57027, CDL-57028, SED-10774
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:42Cheap TrickFormula 45Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Silver Eagle Records, IncSE4-10774
1.11I Want You to Want Me3:33Cheap TrickRock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)463440 2
2.3I Want You to Want Me3:31Cheap TrickLarry präsentiert: Party Rock (first edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)466750 2
2.3I Want You to Want Me3:30Cheap TrickLarry präsentiert: Party RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)466750 2
2.5I Want You to Want Me3:39Cheap TrickRock GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)686-7 95442 2
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickSounds of the Seventies: 1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2600, SOD-09
1.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickThe Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-10-01
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 48681
2.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickThe Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1991-11-01
Epic/Sony (logo of the Japanese company Epic/Sony Inc., Aug 1978–Mar 1988)ESCA 5492~3
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:37Cheap TrickCheap Trick at Budokan (Music club release)Cheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CWEK 35795
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickCheap Trick at BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CEK 35795, WEK-35795
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickFlashback! Rock Classics (club edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Realm Records (US compilation label from Indiana)1CD 8075
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickFlashback! Rock Classics of the ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Realm Records (US compilation label from Indiana)1CD 8075
1.2I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickFooled Around and Fell in Love / I Want You to Want MeHenry Lee Summer / Cheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)656629 7
1.2I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickFooled Around and Fell in Love / I Want You to Want MeHenry Lee Summer / Cheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)656629 2
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickHearts of Gold: The Classic Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Foundation Records (T.J. Martell Foundation)7966472
1.9I Want You to Want Me (live)3:41Cheap TrickRock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Group Canada Inc.
1.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickThe Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)469086 2
1.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickThe Greatest Hits (club edition)Cheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)745505T, CEK 48681
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:46Cheap TrickThe Hits of Cheap TrickCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
1.14I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickOnly the Best ’70, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)982875 2
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:41Cheap TrickGuitar Rock: 1978-1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2696, R968-02
1.11I Want You to Want Me3:39Cheap TrickVeronica Drive‐In Show – The Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997)9548-32222-2
1.14I Want You to Want Me (live)3:40Cheap TrickVery Best of the 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)983391 2
1.13I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickThe Impossible ConcertVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1994-10-18
Brunswick News516 834-2
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:41Cheap TrickThe 70’s: 1979: Back in the GrooveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 597/11
2.11I Want You to Want Me (live version)3:35Cheap TrickTop GearVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)MOOD CD 33
1.8I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickAral MusicCollection No. 8: Wheel in the SkyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickRock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:37Cheap TrickRock met ballenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation)74321 314562
1.3I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickUltimate Rock ’n’ Roll CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-09-24
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)E2K 65020
2.15I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickClassic Rock: 1978-1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 559/03
2.15I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickClassic Rock: 1978–1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL559/03
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickGuitar Rock: Live!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Live
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA-26722, R968-23
1.15I Want You to Want Me (live)3:42Cheap TrickHet Museum, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)COL 4838022
2.5I Want You to Want Me (live)3:44Cheap TrickSex, America, Cheap TrickCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EPC 504493 2
2.5I Want You to Want Me (live)3:44Cheap TrickSex, America, Cheap TrickCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E4K64938
2.5I Want You to Want Me (live)3:44Cheap TrickSex, America, Cheap TrickCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)D 207398, E4K64938
1.3I Want You to Want Me?:??Cheap TrickUltimate Rock ’n’ Roll CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E2K 65020
1.20I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickPrivate Parts: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1997-02-25
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)CDW 46477
1.20I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickPrivate Parts: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1997-02-25
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)46477-2
1.20I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickPrivate Parts: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE1997-02-28
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9362-46477-2
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:36Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 709
1.21I Want You to Want Me3:41Cheap TrickDe Pre Historie 1979, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation)74321 46298 2
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:39Cheap TrickFeels Like Heaven (16 pop classics for club members only)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsLSP 985534 2
1.20I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickPrivate Parts: The AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)9 46477-2
2.2I Want You to Want Me3:35Cheap TrickThe Final CountdownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DBP 102016
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:36Cheap TrickAt Budokan: The Complete Concert (club edition)Cheap TrickAlbum + Live
  • US1998-04-08
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)D 225557, E2K 65527
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:36Cheap TrickAt Budokan: The Complete ConcertCheap TrickAlbum + Live
  • US1998-04-28
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E2K 65527
1.4I Want You to Want Me (live)3:40Cheap TrickMaximum RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-08-11
Sony Music MediaSMM 491764 2
2.7I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickFetenhits: Rock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-11-23
Polystar (Germany)565 255-2
2.4I Want You to Want Me3:36Cheap TrickAt Budokan: The Complete ConcertCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EPC 489650 2
3.17I Want You to Want Me3:33Cheap TrickGreatest Hits of the Millennium: 70’s, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)564 835-2
1.15I Want You to Want Me (live)3:33Cheap TrickParty GroovesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media494621-2
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickAuthorized Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-10-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)EK 66015
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickAuthorized Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)66015, DL36967, EK 66015
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:44Cheap TrickAuthorized Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)496772, EPC 499677 2
1.2I Want You to Want Me (live)3:41Cheap TrickForever Rock, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Madacy EntertainmentHYR2 1741
1.2I Want You to Want Me (live)3:41Cheap TrickSensational 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.5I Want You to Want Me3:41Cheap TrickRock BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2001-04-11
Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)SMC 502024-2
2.5I Want You to Want Me (live)3:44Cheap TrickSex, America, Cheap TrickCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-09-11
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E4K 85664
5.1I Want You to Want Me (live)3:33Cheap Trick100 No. 1 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium)556 661-2
2.10I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap TrickSongs for the Aussie BBQVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Music GroupRTV0005
1.13I Want You to Want Me (live)3:35Cheap TrickThe All Time Greatest Rock Songs of the Last 4 DecadesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media500543 2
1.6I Want You to Want Me (live)3:39Cheap TrickThe Greatest HitsCheap TrickAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-14
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)EK86473
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:35Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)507919 2, 5079192000, EPC 507919 2
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:45Cheap TrickAt BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 86448
1.2I Want You to Want Me (live)3:38Cheap TrickAbsolute RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG The Netherlands82876-543282
2.14I Want You to Want Me3:33Cheap TrickAbsolute Rock Classics 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2003-10-29
Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)ACCD 3011
1.4I Want You to Want Me3:40Cheap Trick70er Rock (Der Sound Einer Generation!)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media, Stern Musik511240 2, SMM 511240 2
Promotion
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickCalifornia ManCheap TrickSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50625
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)ES 350
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)7162
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want Me / Clock Strikes 10Cheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50680
1.2甘い罠 ~ ライブ3:41チープ・トリックレベルポイント メインテーマ スピーク・ナウチープ・トリックSingle
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)06・5P-64
1.2I Want You to Want Me3:38Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)8-50680
1.1I Want You to Want Me3:26Cheap TrickI Want You to Want MeCheap TrickSingle + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)S EPC 7258
1.7I Want You to Want Me3:46Cheap TrickBlack & Decker: Hits of ’79Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing United KingdomWSMSPCD026

Relationships

recording engineer:鈴木智雄 (Tomoo Suzuki) (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
assistant engineer:Mike Beriger
engineer:Gary Ladinsky (engineer)
producer:Cheap Trick
Jack Douglas
mixer:Cheap Trick
Gary Ladinsky (engineer)
Jay Messina (in 1978)
phonographic copyright (℗) by: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)
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1978)
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1978)
EPC (in 1978)
Epic/Sony Inc. (JP record company, Aug 1978 – Mar 1988) (in 1978, in 1979)
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1978)
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 1978)
recorded at:Nippon Budokan in Kitanomaru Kōen, Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30)
mixed at:The Record Plant (New York) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (in 1978)
recording of:I Want You to Want Me (from 1978-04-28 until 1978-04-30: live)

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