James Dean (I Wanna Know)

"James Dean (I Wanna Know)"
Single by Daniel Bedingfield
from the album Gotta Get Thru This
Released12 August 2002 (2002-08-12)
StudioMetropolis (London, England)
Genre
Length3:40
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Daniel Bedingfield
Producer(s)Daniel Bedingfield
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 a song by British singer Daniel Bedingfield. It was released in August 2002 as the second single from his debut studio album, Gotta Get Thru This. Like his debut single "Gotta Get Thru This", "James Dean" was also a hit, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart, making it his second top-10 hit. It entered the top 20 in Australia, peaking at number 19. The song name checks Freddie Mercury, Brad Pitt, Sly Stone and Daddy Warbucks.

Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine described the song as "one final attempt at bedroom bounce-pop weirdness."[1] Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger found the song's electro to be harsher than on previous efforts.[2]

  1. ^ a b Passantino, Dom (10 April 2006). "Gotta Get Thru This: Dom Passantino's Survey of the New Millennium's UK #1 Singles". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ Ewing, Tom (1 January 2003). "Download This! 2002". Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 26 July 2019.