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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = I Wanna Be Adored

| cover = Iwannabeadored.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Stone Roses

| album = The Stone Roses

| B-side = "Going Down"

* "Simone"

* "Where Angels Play"

* "Sally Cinnamon" (live at The Haienda)

| released = 1989

| recorded = June 1988 February 1989

| studio =

| genre =

| length =

| label = Silvertone

| writer =

| producer = John Leckie

| prev_title = She Bangs The Drums

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For

| next_year = 1989

}}

"'I Wanna Be Adored'" is a song by the British rock band the Stone Roses. It was the first track on their debut album, 'The Stone Roses', and was released as a single. The US release charted at number 18 on the 'Billboard' Modern Rock chart in 1990. In 1991, the single was released in the UK, Germany and Japan featuring previously unreleased B-sides.

Composition



"I Wanna Be Adored" begins with a collage of sounds. The first instrument to enter is the bass guitar, which appears 40 seconds in. This is followed by two guitars, one of which plays a pentatonic scale riff. The bass drum enters at 1:13, and the main portion of the song begins at 1:30.Rooksby, p. 126

The song is performed in the key of G. The song features two main sections: a four bar GDGDEm chord progression, followed by an eight-bar bridge that shifts from D to C repeatedly. The song's lyrics are minimalist, mainly consisting of the lines "I don't need to sell my soul/He's already in me" and the song's title repeated throughout the entire song.

Reception



In 2006, the music magazine 'Q' voted it 32nd in its list of 100 greatest songs of all time. In May 2007, 'NME' magazine placed "I Wanna Be Adored" at number 17 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. VH2 placed the song at number two on the 'Indie 500', a countdown of their top 500 indie songs of all time. Though "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the Smiths was at number one, on a condensed version showing just the top 50, the two songs had swapped places, with "Adored" at number one. 'Stylus Magazine' also included the song's bassline at number 17 in their 2005 list of the 'Top 50 Basslines of All Time'.

In popular culture



The song features in the 2005 film Green Street.

Oasis refer to the Stone Roses by quoting "I Wanna Be Adored" in their 1997 song "Magic Pie": "They are sleeping while they dream/ but then they wanna be adored".

Music video



The music video for "I Wanna Be Adored" was made concurrently with "Fools Gold" for the American release of the single in 1989. Hence the videos share similar visual effects and scenery, the respective videos were both filmed near the A57 Snake pass between Sheffield and Manchester, the Inspiral Carpets also used the same place for their video of their song "This is how it feels."

Track listing



1989 US release



'12-inch vinyl (Silvertone 1301-1-JD)
Cassette (Silvertone 1301-4-JS)
CD (Silvertone 1301-2-JD)'

# "I Wanna Be Adored" (edit) 3:28

# "I Wanna Be Adored" 4:52

# "Going Down" 2:46

# "Simone" 4:24

1991 UK release



'7-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE 31)
Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 31)'

# "I Wanna Be Adored" 3:28

# "Where Angels Play" 4:15

'12-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 31)'

# "I Wanna Be Adored" 4:52

# "Where Angels Play" 4:15

# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) 3:52

'CD (Silvertone ORE CD 31)'

# "I Wanna Be Adored" (7" version) 3:28

# "Where Angels Play" 4:15

# "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) 4:53

# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) 3:52

1991 Japanese release



'CD (Silvertone/Alfa ALCB-392)'

# "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) 4:53

# "Where Angels Play" 4:15

# "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) 3:52

# "Fools Gold" (Extended version) 9:53

Charts



Certifications



Cover versions



Cover versions of 'I Wanna Be Adored' have been recorded by the following musical groups and artists:

* Year of the Rabbit 'Hunted' EP (2003)

* Tangerine 'Song for the Now and Others Forever' (2004)

* Monsters Are Waiting 'Ones And Zeros' EP (2008)

* The Raveonettes as part of Dr. Martens 50th anniversary (2010)

* Badly Drawn Boy live

* Lana Mir 'Goodbye Girl' EP (2010)

* Teron Beal 'Liquor Store' (2010)

* Eagulls as part of 'The A.V. Club' A.V. Undercover series (2014)

* King Woman - 'I Wanna Be Adored' digital single (2018)

* Metallica - live at the Etihad Stadium (2019)

References



*Rooksby, Rikki. 'Inside Classic Rock Tracks'. Backbeat, 2001.

Notes




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