"
I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English
girl groupA girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonize together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
BananaramaBananarama are an all-female pop group who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Although there have been line-up changes during the years, the group enjoyed its most popular success as a trio, made up of lifelong friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin...
. It is included on their fourth studio album
Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album
Greatest Hits CollectionThe Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album released by Bananarama which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey...
. The track was co-written and produced by the
Stock Aitken WatermanStock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
(SAW) trio.
It is the first Bananarama release to feature new group member
Jacquie O'SullivanJacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters...
. Recorded with
Siobhan FaheySiobhan Fahey was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:...
for the
Wow! album, "I Want You Back" was
remixA remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. This name is also used for any alterations of medias other than a song ....
ed and re-recorded by
Sara DallinSara Elizabeth Dallin is an English singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama. She co-founded the group along with Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward in 1979, and has been a key force in the group's longevity despite other personnel changes and throughout her time with the band she...
and
Keren WoodwardKeren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl band Bananarama.She was working at the BBC when she met Siobhan Fahey and Sarah Dallin...
in which Keren herself played bass guitar on that track with O'Sullivan for its release as a single.
The song became one of Bananarama's highest-charting hits, peaking at number five in the
UK singles chartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
.
"
I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English
girl groupA girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonize together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
BananaramaBananarama are an all-female pop group who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Although there have been line-up changes during the years, the group enjoyed its most popular success as a trio, made up of lifelong friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin...
. It is included on their fourth studio album
Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album
Greatest Hits CollectionThe Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album released by Bananarama which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey...
. The track was co-written and produced by the
Stock Aitken WatermanStock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
(SAW) trio.
It is the first Bananarama release to feature new group member
Jacquie O'SullivanJacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters...
. Recorded with
Siobhan FaheySiobhan Fahey was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:...
for the
Wow! album, "I Want You Back" was
remixA remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. This name is also used for any alterations of medias other than a song ....
ed and re-recorded by
Sara DallinSara Elizabeth Dallin is an English singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama. She co-founded the group along with Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward in 1979, and has been a key force in the group's longevity despite other personnel changes and throughout her time with the band she...
and
Keren WoodwardKeren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl band Bananarama.She was working at the BBC when she met Siobhan Fahey and Sarah Dallin...
in which Keren herself played bass guitar on that track with O'Sullivan for its release as a single.
The song became one of Bananarama's highest-charting hits, peaking at number five in the
UK singles chartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
. It also climbed into the top three in Australia and the top ten in New Zealand. "I Want You Back" was not released in the United States.
The song originally had a different chorus and was titled "Reason For Living". Bananarama disliked this chorus and co-wrote the revised lyrics for "I Want You Back". Elements of the original chorus can be heard in the original
Wow! version of
I Want You Back. A 56 second clip of this original version was made available on the PWE website on 30th Jan 2009.
Despite being one of the band's biggest hits,
Keren WoodwardKeren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl band Bananarama.She was working at the BBC when she met Siobhan Fahey and Sarah Dallin...
said in an 2009 interview "I'd be quite happy if I never heard
I Want you Back ever again".
Music video
The video featured the group performing the song in various scenarios. One is a more formal presentation with the three girls performing a choreographed dance routine before the camera. Another has them acting silly, dancing spontaneously, and humourously fighting for screen time. Yet another scenario features the girls dressed up in silver gowns as
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. All of these scenes are interspersed with go-go boys dancing with wigs or in cages clad only in briefs and glow-in-the-dark body paint.
Remixes
UK CD single
- "I Want You Back" (Extended European Version) - (7:56)
- "Amnesia" (Theme from The Roxy) - (6:28)
- M. Stock/M. Aitken/P. Waterman
- Remixed by Extra Beat Boys
- "Bad For Me" - (3:37)
12-inch maxi-single
- "I Want You Back" - (3:47)
- "Bad For Me" - (3:37)
- "Amnesia" (Theme from The Roxy) - (6:28)
- M. Stock/M. Aitken/P. Waterman
- Remixed by Extra Beat Boys
- "Love in the First Degree" (House Mix) - (5:45)
Other versions
- "I Want You Back" (LP Version) - (3:53)
- Taken from the album Wow!
- "I Want You Back" (Single Version) - (3:47)
- Taken from the album Greatest Hits Collection
The Greatest Hits Collection is a compilation album released by Bananarama which features their single releases and greatest hits. It was issued by London Records in 1988, shortly after the departure of group member Siobhan Fahey...
Personnel
- Sara Dallin
Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English singer and songwriter from the pop group Bananarama. She co-founded the group along with Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward in 1979, and has been a key force in the group's longevity despite other personnel changes and throughout her time with the band she...
- Vocals
- Keren Woodward
Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter from the girl band Bananarama.She was working at the BBC when she met Siobhan Fahey and Sarah Dallin...
- Vocals
- Siobhan Fahey
Siobhan Fahey was a founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later founded the musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:...
- Vocals
- Jacquie O'Sullivan
Jacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters...
- Vocals
Charts
| Chart (1987) |
Peak
position |
| UK Singles Chart |
5 |
| Australia ARIA singles |
3 |
| New Zealand singles |
10 |
| Switzerland singles chart |
23 |
| Spain singles chart |
6 |
| Dutch Singles chart MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...
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