Really Wanna Know You
| "Really Wanna Know You" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Gary Wright | ||||
| from the album The Right Place | ||||
| B-side | "More Than a Heartache" | |||
| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Genre | Pop, synth-pop, soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. 49769 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| Gary Wright singles chronology | ||||
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"Really Wanna Know You" is a 1981 song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the U.S., reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was taken from the album The Right Place. The song spent 17 weeks on the chart and became Wright's third biggest U.S. hit. It was his final charting single.
Billboard ranked "Really Wanna Know You" as the No. 96th biggest hit of 1981. In Canada, the song reached No. 14.[2]
A music video was also produced for the song, which depicts Wright in a dream-like setting which includes in a bedroom with a mysterious woman, and a futuristic junkyard full of trash and shopping carts, among other items.
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly singles charts[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-09-12. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 343. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1981-09-12. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1981-11-29. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 – ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 262.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.