I Wanna Be Adored

"I Wanna Be Adored"
Single by the Stone Roses
from the album The Stone Roses
B-side"Going Down"
Released1989 (US)
1991 (UK)
RecordedJune 1988 – February 1989
Genre
Length
  • 4:52 (LP and 12-inch version)
  • 3:28 (edit and 7-inch version)
LabelSilvertone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"She Bangs The Drums"
(1989)
"I Wanna Be Adored"
(1989)
"Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For"
(1989)

"I Wanna Be Adored" is a song by the British rock band the Stone Roses. It was the first track on their debut album, The Stone Roses, and was released as a single.[4] The US release charted at number 18 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in 1990.[5] In 1991, the single was released in the UK, Germany and Japan featuring previously unreleased B-sides.[6]

  1. ^ Dalton, Stephen (9 August 2009). "So much to answer for". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ "where have all the flowers gone?". Spin. Vol. 9, no. 2. SPIN Media LLC. May 1993. p. 47. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ^ Pitchfork Staff (24 August 2015). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 February 2023. ...a marvellously engineered slice of psychedelic rock...
  4. ^ "Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored". Discogs. 19 August 1989.
  5. ^ "Billboard > Chart History > The Stone Roses > Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Stone Roses, The – I Wanna Be Adored (Master Release)". Discogs. 19 August 1989.

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