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)8-50680
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)ES 350
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 Me3:26Cheap 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 / 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
1.1I 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 Me3:26Cheap 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 (multinational budget record label, do not use for copyrights, distribution, etc. label-release relationships)
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 Me3:45Cheap TrickCheap Trick at BudokanCheap TrickAlbum + Live
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)CEK 35795, WEK-35795
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
1.6I 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
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)EPC 468853 9
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
Special Products (A Service of Sony Music), Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)07-984722-10, 984722 2
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)E4K64938
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
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)46477-2
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
  • 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, D136967, 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
Madacy EntertainmentKSW2 3674
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 2009; 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 (2004–2008) (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