| "I Wanna Be Adored" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by The Stone Roses | ||||
| from the album The Stone Roses | ||||
| B-side | "Where Angels Play" | |||
| Released | 2 September 1991 | |||
| Format | CD, cassette, 7" and 12" vinyl record | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Madchester | |||
| Length | 3:28 (edit) 4:53 (12") |
|||
| Label | Silvertone | |||
| Producer | John Leckie | |||
| The Stone Roses singles chronology | ||||
|
||||
"I Wanna Be Adored" is a song by the British rock group The Stone Roses. It was released as the third single from the band's debut album The Stone Roses in the UK, US, Germany, Japan and Canada. The US edition was released at the same time as "Fools Gold" in 1989 and charted at number 18 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1990.[1]
"I Wanna Be Adored" was the atmospheric opener to The Stone Roses self-titled debut. The song is propelled by Mani's recognisable bass line, John Squire's droning guitars and Ian Brown's hushed ominous vocals, repeating only a few lines of lyrics throughout the entire song.
Contents |
"I Wanna Be Adored" begins with a collage of sounds. The first instrument to enter is the bass guitar, which appears 40 seconds in. This is followed by two guitars, one of which plays a pentatonic scale riff. The bass drum enters at 1:13, and the main portion of the song begins at 1:30.[2]
The song is performed in the key of G. The song features two main sections: a four bar G-D-G-Em chord progression, followed by an eight-bar bridge that shifts from D to C repeatedly. The song's lyrics are minimalist, mainly consisting of the lines "I don't need to sell my soul/He's already in me" and the song's title repeated throughout.[2]
Ian Brown would later perform B-side "Where Angels Play" live from 2004, and a new version was included on the b-side of his single, "Time Is My Everything". In 2006, the music magazine Q voted it 32nd in its list of 100 greatest songs of all time. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "I Wanna Be Adored" at number 17 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
Oasis reference The Stone Roses by quoting the song in "Magic Pie": "They are sleeping while they dream/And they just wanna be adored."
The song also features on the soundtrack of the Michael Winterbottom film Welcome to Sarajevo.
7": [Silvertone ORE 31]
12": [Silvertone ORE 31]
CD: [Silvertone ORE CD 31]
The music video for "I Wanna Be Adored" was made concurrently with "Fools Gold" for the American release of the singles in 1989. Hence the videos share similar visual effects and scenery.
Cover versions of "I Wanna Be Adored" have also been recorded by the following musical groups or artists:
|
||||||||||||||||||||