"(We Want) The Same Thing" is a song by American singer Belinda Carlisle. Written by Rick Nowels and

Ellen Shipley Ellen Shipley (born March 24, 1949 in New York City, New York, United States) is an American musician and songwriter. Career At sixteen years old, Shipley got a NYC Cabaret license. She performed a duo act in Greenwich Village in the early 70's ...

, it was produced by Nowels for Carlisle's third album ''

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'' (1989). It was released as the album's fifth single in the United Kingdom on October 1, 1990. To help promote the single in the UK,

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released a deluxe 12-inch vinyl boxed set with free stickers and a picture disc single on CD, in addition to standard formats. The single peaked at number six on the

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and spent 10 weeks in the top 75.

Single remix

The single version of "(We Want) The Same Thing" is different than the original version found on ''

''. The intro of the single version includes chants of 'Hey!' repeated four times before a drum piece introduces the song. In the ''Runaway Horses'' album booklet, the lyrics listed for "(We Want) The Same Thing" vary from the actual version on the album but match the lyrics for the single version.

Track listings

CD single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (summer remix) — 4:17 # "Circle in the Sand" (sandblast multi-mix) # "Shades of Michaelangelo" — 5:50 12-inch single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (extended summer remix) — 5:13 # "Circle in the Sand" (sandblast multi-mix) 7-inch single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (extended summer remix) — 5:13 # "Shades of Michaelangelo" — 5:50

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:We Want The Same Thing 1989 songs 1990 singles Belinda Carlisle songs Song recordings produced by Rick Nowels Songs written by Ellen Shipley Songs written by Rick Nowels Virgin Records singles