James Dean (I Wanna Know)

"James Dean (I Wanna Know)"
Single by Daniel Bedingfield
from the album Gotta Get thru This
Released 27 August 2002 (US)
Format CD single
Genre Pop
Length 3:40
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Daniel Bedingfield
Producer Daniel Bedingfield and Al Stone
Daniel Bedingfield singles chronology
"Gotta Get Thru This"
(2001)		 "James Dean (I Wanna Know)"
(2002)		 "If You're Not the One"
(2002)

"James Dean (I Wanna Know)" is the second single released by Daniel Bedingfield in 2002. The track follows the same "garage" style as his first single, "Gotta Get Thru This". It, like "Gotta Get Thru This", became a hit, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart, making it his second top 10 hit. It cracked the top 20 in Australia, peaking at number 19.

The song name checks Freddie Mercury, Brad Pitt, Sly Stone and Daddy Warbucks.

Taiwanese singer Show Luo covered this song for his album Speshow. Most of the lyrics are in Mandarin Chinese, but for some, such as "I wanna know", he sang it in English.

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[1] 4

Track listing

  1. "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" – 3:42
  2. "Gotta Get Thru This" (acoustic version) – 3:37
  3. "James Dean (I Wanna Know)" (SUHI's Committed vocal) – 7:46

References

  1. ^ www.everyhit.co.uk
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