The In Color album reached Number 73 on the Billboard 200 and eventually went gold.Īt Budokan, on the other hand, was a smash hit, and it's sold well over three million copies. That rendition was the group's first Top 10 hit, peaking at Number Seven on the Billboard Hot 100. The song didn't hit, however, until a live version from At Budokan was released in 1979. It sounds like a single, but it was meant in a different way.' Petersson has called 'I Want You To Want Me' 'a parody of a hit single. In contrast to the original, the In Color version of the song was fleshed out with honky-tonk piano and other slick production touches. Cheap Trick was officially inducted into the. The original recording of the song is included in the box set Sex America Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick performs I Want You To Want Me in-studio in celebration of Rock Hall induction. Play, download, or share the MIDI song C.TRICK.I want you to want me.mid from your web browser. 'I Want You To Want Me' was among the tracks considered for Cheap Trick's 1977 debut album, but it was put aside and resurrected for their second album, In Color. Listen to C.TRICK.I want you to want me.mid, a free MIDI file on BitMidi. Carlos had previously worked together in a band called Fuse, which released an album in 1970.

Guitarist Rick Nielsen, bassist Tom Petersson, and drummer Bun E. playing guitar on Cheap Tricks studio version of I Want You To Want Me. Recorded: Fall 1976 and January 1977 in New York CityĬheap Trick formed in 1973 in Rockford, Illinois. CLICK HERE to get your own membership card to Michael Shelleys 1 Hit Club.

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