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{{Infobox song

| name = I Wanna Be Your Slave

| cover = Mneskin & Iggy Pop - I Wanna Be Your Slave - Single cover.jpg

| caption = Iggy Pop duet version's single cover

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mneskin

| album = Teatro d'ira: Vol. I

| released = 16 July 2021

| recorded =

| studio = Mulino Recording Studio in Acquapendente

| genre = Hard rock

| length = 2:53

| label =

* Sony

* RCA

| writer =

* Damiano David

* Victoria De Angelis

* Thomas Raggi

* Ethan Torchio

| producer =

* Mneskin

* Fabrizio Ferraguzzo

| prev_title = Zitti e buoni

| prev_year = 2021

| next_title = Mammamia

| next_year = 2021

| misc =

}}

"'I Wanna Be Your Slave'" (stylized in all capitals) is a song by Italian rock band Mneskin, from their second studio album, 'Teatro d'ira: Vol. I' released on 19 March 2021 by Sony. Prior to its release as a single, the song managed to reach top-ten positions on charts across Europe, including number one in Finland and Slovakia, and went viral on the Spotify charts. It is the band's first song to reach the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, and second to reach top 10 of 'Billboard' Global Excl. U.S. chart.

On 16 July 2021, the song was issued to Italian radio stations as the third single from 'Teatro d'ira: Vol. I'. A duet version featuring American punk-rock singer Iggy Pop was released on 6 August 2021.

Background and composition



The song talks about duality in love relationships, the "obsession and how they're willing to enslave themselves if that's what it takes to win over that special someone." According to lyricist Damiano David, the song "crudely describes all the facets of sexuality and how they can be influential in everyday life. We have inserted some contrasts: 'I'm the devil, I'm a lawyer, I'm a killer, I'm a blonde girl', we want to convey the idea that we don't need to have a single identity, everyone can have many facets."

Music video



On 5 July 2021, the band announced an official music video, which was released on their YouTube channel on 15 July. It was directed by Simone Bozzelli and produced by Think|Cattleya. It presents "voyeuristic loop", where "forbidden desires are matched with sacrifice." The video won the Best Alternative category at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Commercial performance



After the band's win at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, "I Wanna Be Your Slave" became viral on weekly charts and Spotify charts, in part thanks to their live performance recorded at the Acquapendente studio, where the band recorded their studio album 'Teatro d'ira: Vol. I', and shared for the 'Wiwi Jam At Home' concert hosted by Wiwibloggs. First peaking at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, the song surpassed the peak of the band's previous single "Zitti e buoni" (number 17), thus making Mneskin the first Eurovision-winning act since Celine Dion to have two songs in the UK top 40. On 15 June 2021, the song peaked at number one on the UK's Official Trending Chart and gained four positions on the midweek singles chart passing from number 12 to number 8, peaking at number 7 on the weekly chart, becoming the band's first song to reach the UK top 10. In the next week it advanced to number 6. In its sixth charting week it became the band's first UK top 5 hit.

The song reached number one in Finland and Slovakia, and also reached the top 10 in the band's native country of Italy as well as in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. By 15 June 2021, the song was streamed 5.8 million times in the UK across both audio and video plays, and more than 61 million times on Spotify. On 21 June, the song became the band's second song to reach top 10 of the 'Billboard' Global Excl. U.S. chart. It topped the 'Billboard's US Hot Hard Rock Songs chart week of 26 June 2021.

The song was certified triple platinum in Italy, double platinum in Austria and Sweden, platinum in Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom, and gold in Denmark, France, Spain and the United States.

Charts



Weekly charts

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "I Wanna Be Your Slave"

! Chart (2021)

! Peak
position

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! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)

| 29

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!scope="row"|Canada Rock ('Billboard')

| 10

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! scope="row"| Croatia (HRT)

| 16

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! scope="row"| Euro Digital Songs ('Billboard')

| 10

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!scope="row"|Global 200 ('Billboard')

| 13

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! scope="row"| Greece International (IFPI)

| 2

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! scope="row"| Iceland (Pltutindi)

| 8

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!scope="row"|Israel (Media Forest)

| 4

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! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas ('Billboard')

| 16

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! scope="row"| Lithuania (AGATA)

| 2

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|-

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! scope="row"| Slovakia (Singles Digitl Top 100)

| 1

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! scope="row"| South Africa (RISA)

| 24

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|-

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!scope="row"|Ukraine (Tophit)

| 13

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!scope="row"|US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ('Billboard')

| 7

|-

!scope="row"|US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ('Billboard')

| 11

|}

Year-end charts



Certifications



Release history



{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|+ Release history for "I Wanna Be Your Slave"

! scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Varsion

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"|

|-

! scope="row"| Italy

| 16 July 2021

| Radio airplay

| Original

| Sony Italy

| style="text-align:center;"|

|-

! scope="row"| Various

| rowspan="2"| 6 August 2021

|

| rowspan="3"| with Iggy Pop

|

| style="text-align:center;"|

|-

! scope="row"| Italy

| Radio airplay

| Sony Italy

| style="text-align:center;"|

|-

! scope="row"| Poland

| 20 August 2021

| 7-inch single

| Sony

| style="text-align:center;"|

|-

! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States

| 24 February 2022

|

| rowspan="2"| Original

| rowspan="2"| Arista

| style="text-align:center;"| 'Type' Maneskin 'in the Search field'.

|-

| 1 March 2022

| Alternative radio

| style="text-align:center;"|

|}

Footnotes



References



Category:2021 songs

Category:2021 singles

Category:English-language Italian songs

Category:Hard rock songs

Category:Iggy Pop songs

Category:Mneskin songs

Category:Number-one singles in Finland

Category:Sony Music singles

Category:Songs written by Damiano David

Category:Songs written by Victoria De Angelis

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