I Wanna Be Yours Explained

"I Wanna Be Yours" is a song by British poet John Cooper Clarke, on his 1982 album Zip Style Method. The song was brought to wider audience via an adaptation by Arctic Monkeys on their 2013 album AM.

Original lyrics

The poetic spoken lyrics recount the love of one person for another, using metaphors around various domestic equipment:

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
Breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust.

The poem was included in a GCSE English anthology.[1] Clarke re-used the title of the poem for his autobiography published in 2020.[2] In March 2023, The Guardian noted that "if it was previously Britain's favourite wedding poem, it's now quantifiably the world's favourite British poem, full stop".[3]

Arctic Monkeys adaptation

I Wanna Be Yours
Type:song
Artist:Arctic Monkeys
Album:AM
Genre:
Label:Domino
Composer:
Lyricist:John Cooper Clarke
Producer:

English rock band Arctic Monkeys brought the poem to a wider audience via an adaptation[5] on their 2013 album AM. The adaptation, produced by James Ford and Ross Orton, contains novel lyrics written by lead singer Alex Turner. By 3 April 2024, the recitation had received over two billion streams on Spotify.[6]

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)! scope="col"
Peak
position
UK Streaming (OCC)[7] 39
Chart (2021–2024)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Greece International (IFPI)[8] 9
India International Singles (IMI)[9] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 78
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] 20
Malaysia (Billboard)[12] 21
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 37
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[14] 51
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[15] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 66

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Lithuania (AGATA)[17] 43
Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Brazil Streaming (Pro-Música Brasil)[18] 199
Global 200 (Billboard)[19] 56
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[20] 47
UK Singles (OCC)[21] 86

Certifications

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GCSE Poetry: 'I Wanna be Yours' by John Cooper-Clarke . . 4 May 2024.
  2. Book: Clarke, John Cooper. I wanna be yours. 2020. 978-1-5098-9610-3. London. 1148197088.
  3. Web site: Beaumont-Thomas. Ben. 'A billion listens? Is that a lot?' John Cooper Clarke on penning possibly the world's favourite poem. The Guardian. London. 20 March 2023. 20 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230320064201/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/mar/20/john-cooper-clarke-arctic-monkeys-worlds-favourite-poem-i-wanna-be-yours-ford-cortina. 20 March 2023. live.
  4. AM . Arctic Monkeys. 2013 . liner notes .
  5. Web site: Fink . Matt . Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on "AM," Working with Josh Homme, and Adapting John Cooper Clarke . 2023-03-08 . www.undertheradarmag.com . en.
  6. Web site: I Wanna Be Yours . 3 April 2024 . Spotify.
  7. Web site: Official Audio Streaming Chart Top 100 - 15 September 2013 - 21 September 2013 . Official Charts Company . 15 September 2013 . 20 September 2022.
  8. Web site: IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International) Week 40 2022. IFPI Greece. 12 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012064411/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_ien.html. 12 October 2022.
  9. Web site: IMI International Top 20 Singles for week ending 26th December 2023 Week 51 of 52. IMIcharts. December 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231230211515/https://imicharts.com/.
  10. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. 15 October 2022.
  11. Web site: 2022 42-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). lt. AGATA. 21 October 2022. 21 October 2022.
  12. Arctic Monkeys Chart History (Malaysia Songs). Billboard. January 9, 2024.
  13. Web site: Singel 2023 uke 40. VG-lista. 7 October 2023.
  14. Web site: OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie. OLiS. pl. 20 January 2023. Select week 06.01.2023–12.01.2023..
  15. Web site: ČNS IFPI. IFPI ČR. Note: Select SK SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 202244 into search.. 7 November 2022.
  16. Web site: Veckolista Singlar, vecka 41. Sverigetopplistan. 14 October 2022.
  17. Web site: 2022 metų klausomiausi (Top 100). AGATA. lt. 27 February 2023.
  18. Web site: Top 200 Músicas Mais Acessadas em Plataformas de Streaming em 2023 . Top 200 Most Accessed Songs on Streaming Platforms in 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240324152534/https://pro-musicabr.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/TOP-200-Chart-de-Streaming-Janeiro-a-Dezembro-de-2023-com-marcacao-nas-linhas.pdf . March 24, 2024 . March 24, 2024 . . pt-br.
  19. Billboard Global 200 – Year-End 2023. Billboard. 22 November 2023.
  20. Web site: Top 100 OLiS – single w streamie 2023. OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. pl. 16 February 2024.
  21. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart – 2023. Official Charts Company. 3 January 2024.

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