"She Wants You" is a song originally performed by Slovak singer
Dara Rolins. The song, written by
Tim Lawson and
Pam Sheyne, was issued on Rolins' studio album ''What You See Is What You Get'' in 1996. The song then became a hit single in 1998 when English singer turned actress
Billie covered it.
Background and release
Originally sung by Slovak singer Dara
Dara Rolins for her 1996 album ''What You See Is What You Get'', "She Wants You" became a hit single when English singer turned actress
Billie recorded it. Her version was released in the United Kingdom on 7 December 1998 as two
CD singles and a
cassette single.
The first CD includes two cover songs as
B-sides—"
It Takes Two" by
Marvin Gaye
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and
Kim Weston and "
Last Christmas" by
Wham!—while the second contains various mixes of "She Wants You" plus an interactive element.
"Girlfriend / She Wants You" was the second single released from the Japanese edition, released almost a whole year after the previous single, "
Because We Want To" was released. In the United States, the song served as Billie's debut single. The CD single released in the US contains two mixes of "She Wants You" and an interactive element of "Because We Want To".
Reception
The song received positive reviews from music critics.
Yahoo! reviewer Rob O'Connor compared "She Wants You" to 1970s era
disco
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music and wrote that the song is "greeting-card
pop
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
" with "factory beats designed for great dancing". Heather Phares, in a review for
Allmusic, called the song an "upbeat
dance-pop
Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a ...
tune" that "captures
illie'syouthful energy and exuberance". The single reached number three on the
UK Singles Chart, becoming her third consecutive top-three hit.
The single also reached number four in New Zealand and was Billie's only song to appear on any US ''
Billboard
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'' chart, peaking at number 23 on the
Bubbling Under Hot 100 and number nine on the
Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Music video
"She Wants You" featured two
music videos directed by Phil Griffin.
Original video
The original video features Billie dancing on a stage in a green catsuit. Throughout the video she is surrounded by several colourfully dressed male dancers. There were cut scenes of Billie and some of the other male dancers mucking around the camera close-up. Innocent had to decide which video to include on the enhanced single and chose the other video.
Alternative video
In the alternative video, Billie visits a
drive-in with a group of girl friends. Scenes from the original video, which are featured as the film at the drive-in, are used as cut scenes. One by one her friends hang out with guys before Billie sees her 'perfect man'. Innocent had to decide which video to include on the enhanced single and chose this video.
Track listings
UK CD1
# "She Wants You" (album version) – 3:38
# "
It Takes Two" – 3:50
# "
Last Christmas" – 4:59
UK CD2
# "She Wants You" (album version) – 3:38
# "She Wants You" (
Erick Morillo Double Platinum vocal mix) – 6:21
# "She Wants You" (
Cevin Fisher Instinctive club mix) – 8:29
# "She Wants You" (interactive element) – 3:18
UK cassette single
:A1. "She Wants You" (album version) – 3:38
:A2. "She Wants You" (The Almighty mix) – 6:46
:B1. "So Deep" – 4:53
European and Australasian maxi-single
# "She Wants You" (album version) – 3:38
# "Last Christmas" – 4:59
# "She Wants You" (Sharp 'Ballroom' remix) – 8:27
US CD single
# "She Wants You" – 3:38
# "She Wants You" (Cibola radio mix) – 3:38
# "She Wants You" (7-inch disco) – 3:27
# "Because We Want To" (interactive element) – 3:48
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the ''
Honey to the B'' album booklet.
Studios
* Recorded at
Ridge Farm (
Surrey
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, England) and Marcus Studios (London, England)
* Mixed at
Metropolis Studios (London, England)
Personnel
* Tim Lawson – writing
* Pam Sheyne – writing
* Billie Piper – vocals
*
Wendy Page – backing vocals,
production
* Jim Marr – keyboards,
programming, production
*
Yak Bondy – keyboards, programming
* Pete Craigie –
recording,
mixing
* Steve Cooper – assistant engineering (Ridge Farm)
* Michelle Barry – assistant engineering (Marcus)
* Matt Tait – assistant engineering (Metropolis)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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1996 songs
1998 singles
Billie Piper songs
Innocent Records singles
Songs written by Pam Sheyne
Virgin Records singles