''I Wanna Have Some Fun'' is the third studio album by English singer
Samantha Fox
Samantha Karen Fox (born 15 April 1966) is an English pop singer and former glamour model from East London. She rose to public attention aged 16, when her mother entered her photographs in an amateur modelling contest run by ''The Sunday Peopl ...
. It was released in November 1988 by
Jive Records
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. The album features production from previous collaborators
Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers and producers from Brooklyn, New York.
Members
*B-Fine (Brian George) - drums and drum programming, backing vocals
*Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) - bass guitar, backing vocals ...
,
Stock Aitken Waterman
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,
Steve Power
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and Steve Lovell, as well as new collaborators, such as
Rob and Ferdi Bolland,
Kevin Saunderson
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,
Fred Zarr
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and
Chris Tsangarides
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.
Singles
"
Love House
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" was released in November 1988 as the album's first single in the United Kingdom, reaching number 32 on the
UK Singles Chart
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. The album's
title track
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Title track may a ...
served as the first single in the United States, where it peaked at number eight on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, while it was released as the third and final single in the UK in June 1989, reaching number 63. The album's second UK single, a cover of
Dusty Springfield
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's "
I Only Want to Be with You
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" (retitled "
I Only Wanna Be with You
"I Only Want to Be with You" is a song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. The debut solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz, "I Only Want to Be with You" peaked at number 4 on th ...
"), was released in January 1989 and became Fox's best-performing single in over a year, peaking at number 16 on the UK chart. It was also the second single in the US, where it peaked at number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Love House", on its release as the third and final single in the US, failed to reach the top 100.
Track listing
Notes
* signifies a remixer
* signifies an additional producer
* signifies a main producer and remixer
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1988 albums
Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides
Albums produced by Full Force
Albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman
Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios
Jive Records albums
Samantha Fox albums