"Just What I Always Wanted" is a song by English singer
Mari Wilson, released as a
single
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in 1982. It is from her 1983 debut album ''
Showpeople''.
As Wilson's fifth single release, "Just What I Always Wanted" was her first UK top 40 hit, reaching No. 8 in October 1982.
Robin Denselow of ''
The Guardian'' said of the song: "With 'Just What I Always Wanted', Mari Wilson found the perfect song to fit her image - emotional, slightly
camp & sounding as if it might have been a pop hit back in the early 60s. It was
tongue-in-cheek but performed with
deadpan panache, treated the same way Mari treats her stage uniform with her
long gloves, jewellery & enormous
beehive hairdo."
[''The Guardian'' 17 February 1983 "Robert Denselow reviews the new rock releases" ''Arts'' p.12]
Track listing
*A. "Just What I Always Wanted"
(Teddy Johns)
*B1. "Are You There (With Another Girl)"
(Bacharach and David)
*B2. "Woe, Woe, Woe"
(Teddy Johns)
Charts
References
1982 songs
1982 singles
London Records singles
Mari Wilson songs
Song recordings produced by Tony Mansfield
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