I Want You to Want Me

"I Want You to Want Me"
Epic 50435
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album In Color
B-side	"Oh Boy (Instrumental Version)"
Released	September 1977 (1977-09)
Recorded	1977
Studio	Kendun Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Power pop[1] new wave[2]
Length	3:07
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)	Tom Werman
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"Oh, Candy" (1977) "I Want You to Want Me" (1977) "Southern Girls" (1977)

"I Want You to Want Me"
Epic 50680
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan
B-side	"Clock Strikes Ten"
Released	April 1979 (1979-04)
Recorded	April 1978
Venue	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Genre	Hard rock, power pop
Length	3:38
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Rick Nielsen
Producer(s)	Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"California Man" (1978) "I Want You to Want Me" (1979) "Ain't That a Shame" (1979)

"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is originally from their second album In Color, released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United States in its original studio version, which was influenced by music hall styles.

Eleven months later, a more rock-oriented live version from the band's successful Cheap Trick at Budokan album was released as a single and became one of their biggest hits, peaking at number seven in the US, number two in Canada, and number one in Japan. It has since become Cheap Trick's signature song.