I WANT TO
BE WANTED
BRENDA
LEE
SONGWRITER: KIM
GANNON; PINO SPOTTI & ALBERTO TESTA
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: THIS
IS…BRENDA
LABEL: DECCA
RECORDS
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1960
"I Want to Be Wanted"
is a popular song sung by Brenda Lee that was a number-one song in the United
States during the year 1960. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for
the issue dated October 24, 1960, and remained there for one week. It is na Italian
song, Per tutta la vita (For all lifetime), that was in the original version of
Never on Sunday. This was Brenda Lee's second number-one single, her first
being "I'm Sorry". The English lyrics of "I Want to Be
Wanted" were written by Kim Gannon.
Andy Williams released a
version as the B-side to his single "Stranger on the Shore". The song
was covered by Olivia Newton-John on her 1992 album Back to Basics: The
Essential Collection 1971–1992.
(Wanted wanted)
Alone, so alone that I could cry
I want to be wanted (wanted)
Alone, watching lovers passing by
I want to be wanted
When I am kissed
I want his lips to really kiss me
When we're apart
I want his heart to really miss me
I want to know
He loves me so his eyes are misting
That's the way I want to be loved
Alone, just my lonely heart knows how
I want to be wanted (wanted) right now
Not tomorrow, but right now
I want to be wanted
I want someone
To share my laughter and my tears with
Someone I know
I'd love to spend a million years with
Where is this someone somewhere meant for me?
(Alone) Just my lonely heart knows how
I want to be wanted (right now)
Not tomorrow, but right now
I want to be wanted
I want someone
To share my laughter and my tears with
Someone I know
I'd love to spend a million years with
Where is this someone somewhere meant for me?
(Someone, somewhere) Meant for me.