I Want You to Want Me

"I Want You to Want Me" is a 1977 song by Cheap Trick and was originally taken from their second studio album In Color. The better known version is the 1979 live single that topped the single charts in Japan, the Netherlands and Belgium and made number 7 in the United States, number 2 in Canada, number 15 in Austria, number 29 in the United Kingdom and number 23 in New Zealand. The cover version was used in the 1999 movie 10 Things I Hate About You.

"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album In Color
B-side	"Oh Boy (Instrumental Version)"
Released	September 1977 (1977-09)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Power pop new wave
Length	3:07
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)	Tom Werman
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"Oh, Candy" (1977) "I Want You to Want Me" (1977) "Southern Girls" (1977)

"I Want You to Want Me"
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan
B-side	"Clock Strikes Ten"
Released	April 1979 (1979-04)
Recorded	April 1978
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Genre	Hard rock, power pop
Length	3:38
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)	Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"California Man" (1978) "I Want You to Want Me" (1979) "Ain't That a Shame" (1979)