Everybody Wants You
"Everybody Wants You" | ||||
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Single by Billy Squier | ||||
from the album Emotions in Motion | ||||
B-side |
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Released | September 14, 1982 | |||
Genre | Hard rock[1] | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Squier | |||
Producer(s) | Reinhold Mack Billy Squier | |||
Billy Squier singles chronology | ||||
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"Everybody Wants You" is a hit song written and performed by American
Details
The song features three guitars and a bass playing a "hard-rocking and funky" riff, and a "sleekly new wave-oriented production".[2] It became a huge hit on both radio and MTV,[3] topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks charts for six weeks, from August 28 to October 8, 1982.[4] It was also on the pop charts, debuting on the Billboard Top 40 on November 27, 1982 and peaking at number 32.[5] It was Squier's third Top-40 song, following "The Stroke" (number 17) and "In the Dark" (number 35).[5]
"Everybody Wants You" is included on Squier's 1995 greatest hits collection 16 Strokes: The Best of Billy Squier.[2]
"Everybody Wants You" was one of the songs Squier has performed live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band; one version appeared on the Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 album, along with Squier's 1984 hit "Rock Me Tonite".[6]
Chart history
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 | 32 |
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Singles | 26 |
South Africa (Springbok)[7] | 13 |
Covers
The song has been covered by artists such as the American hard rock bands Puddle of Mudd, Damone[8] and
Canadian indie rock band Tokyo Police Club performed a version of the song in August 2010 for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series.[10]
In popular culture
The song was used as
The song was used in the episode 13 (title: 'Standards and Practices') of season 1 of the drama The Closer.[citation needed]
In 2004, a mashup of "Everybody Wants You" and "Emerge" by Fischerspooner was included on the Queer Eye soundtrack.[11]
The song is used the first couple seasons of the TV show Burn Notice, including being used in a promotional ad for the second season.[12]
The song is used in the 2012 film Battleship.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-8460-9091-2.
Later joining Billy Squier's hard rock group in the late Seventies, [Bobby] Chouinard appeared on the hard-rock anthems 'Everybody Wants You', 'In The Dark', and 'The Stroke'.
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Billy Squier: Everybody Wants You". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Billy Squier: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-153-6. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
- ^ "Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Damone: Everybody Wants You". AllMusic. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- allmusic. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
- ^ "Tokyo Police Club covers Billy Squier". Retrieved March 21, 2013.
- Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ "BURN NOTICE: SEASON 2". Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.