"I Want to Love You" is a song by Australian singer

Tina Arena Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...

. It was recorded for her eleventh studio album, '' Eleven'' and was released as its lead and only single in September 2015. On 6 September 2015, Arena performed "I Want to Love You" on '' Dancing with the Stars''. Arena explained, "It speaks about being consumed and completely infatuated with someone but knowing they're possibly not right for you or that the relationship won't work despite how desperately you want it to. I think we've all been there at some point!" The song peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

Music video

The video released on 20 September 2015 via Arena's

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account. The black-and-white video was inspired by American photographer

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and stars

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. Arena told ''Sydney Confidential'': "I couldn't imagine the clip with anyone but Vince. I think his vulnerability as an actor is not often portrayed and it's something I trusted he could bring. His honesty, elasticity and reliability as an actor is something I am in awe of."

Charts

The single peaked at 72 on the

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, becoming Arena's 21st top 100 singles chart entry.

References

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