If She Knew What She Wants

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“If She Knew What She Wants”
“If She Knew What She Wants” cover
Single by The Bangles
from the album Different Light
Released 1986
Format CD single
Genre Rock
Length 3:26
Label Octone Records
Writer(s) Jules Shear
Producer David Kahne
Certification 3x Platinum
The Bangles singles chronology
"Manic Monday"
(1986)
"If She Knew What She Wants"
(1986)
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
(1986)

"If She Knew What She Wants" is a song by Jules Shear released on his 1985 album The Eternal Return. The song was later covered by The Bangles. The song was originally written in the first person, essentially a love song, but the Bangles rewrote the lyrics in the third person, rather than change the subject's gender. The cover version by the Bangles charted at number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number thirty-one on the UK Singles Chart.