What I Want (Dead or Alive song)

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“What I Want”
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Sophisticated Boom Boom
Released 1983
Format Vinyl record (7", 12")
Recorded 1983
Genre New Wave
Label Epic
Writer(s) Pete Burns
Wayne Hussey
Mike Percy
Steve Coy
J. Levin
Producer Zeus B. Held
Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive singles chronology
"Misty Circles"
(1983)
"What I Want"
(1983)
"I'd Do Anything"
(1984)





"That's the Way (I Like It)"
(1984)
"What I Want" (re-issue)
(1984)
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
(1984)

"What I Want" is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/Dance band Dead or Alive. It was co-produced by the band and Zeus B. Held and released as the second single from Dead or Alive's album Sophisticated Boom Boom.

The song was not a success when released, peaking at number eighty-eight in the UK Singles Chart. After Dead or Alive's UK top-forty success of "That's the Way (I Like It)", "What I Want" was re-issued in 1984. It did not fare much better during its second chart run, placing only one position higher, at number eighty-seven.