Do You Wanna Be? Explained
| Do You Wanna Be? |
| Cover: | Do_You_Wanna_Be?_By_I'm_Talking.jpg |
| Caption: | 7" single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | I'm Talking |
| Album: | Bear Witness |
| A-Side: | Do You Wanna Be? |
| B-Side: | Do You Wanna Be? (Instrumental) |
| Released: | 5 May 1986[1] |
| Label: | Regular Records |
| Producer: | I'm Talking, Martyn Webster |
| Prev Title: | Love Don't Live Here Anymore |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Holy Word |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Do You Wanna Be?" is a song by Australian band I'm Talking. It was released in May 1986[1] as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, Bear Witness. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's highest charting single and second top ten single. An instrumental version of the song was featured in a club scene in the 1988 film For Queen and Country.
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards, Kate Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video.[2] [3]
The song's composer and band's guitarist, Robert Goodge, stated "Shannon’s "Let the Music Play", "Give Me Tonight" and Fonda Rae’s "Touch Me" being the main influences, but we added in a harmonic structure that was reminiscent of something Chic might do."[4]
Track listing
- 7" Single (K 9925)
- Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
- Side B "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
- 12" Single (X 13252)
- Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" (Extended) - 5:15
- Side B1 "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
- Side B2 "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Kent Music Report No 616 – 5 May 1985 (sic) > Singles: New Releases. Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. 30 November 2017. N.B. This document erroneously lists the year as 1985 rather than 1986.
- Web site: Australian Music Awards . Ron Jeff . 16 December 2010 . 30 June 2012 . https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm . dead .
- Web site: Final episode of Countdown. 1970scountdown. 23 October 2020.
- Web site: http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20190316034453/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/154563/20190316-0126/mushroompromotions.com/bios/track-track-im-talking-bear-witness-bloodlines-friday-23-march-2018/index.html. Track by Track - I'm Talking - Bear Witness. Bloodlines. 23 March 2018. 16 March 2019. 27 August 2022. live.
- Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book. St Ives. 1993. 145. 0-646-11917-6.
- Web site: Kent Music Report No 650 – 29 December 1986 > National Top 100 Singles for 1986. Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. 10 December 2019.
