My Classic Rock Song of the Day today is I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick from the album Live at Budokan (1979). This song has a long and intriguing history. It was written by Cheap Tricks guitarist Rick Nielsen and recorded for their 1977 self-titled debut album, but it didnt make the cut. The song was included on their second album In Color, which was released later in 1977. This version had a medium tempo with a country feel and a honkey tonk piano throughout the song. By 1978, the band had dropped it from their setlist, but restored it when they toured Japan that year, since Japanese audiences loved the song. They played it on April 28th and 30th at their famous concerts that took place at the Budokan temple in Tokyo, which was a big deal because many Japanese citizens felt the temple was sacred and not appropriate for rock concerts. The concerts were released as the Live At Budokan album, which captured Cheap Tricks live energy and turned their fortunes around in America, where the album was released in February, 1979 and sold over 3 million copies. The extracted I Want You To Want Me became their first hit, charting at #7. The famous At Budokan version of this song was inspired by a French cover version (Jattends Toutes les Nuits) by by a fairly obscure French synthpop artist named Niko Flynn, who sped up the tempo and put a beat to the song. This is one of the few rock songs that starts with the chorus.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:34:25 +0000
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