| I Want It Now | |
| Cover: | Cameo- I Want It Now.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cameo |
| Album: | Real Men... Wear Black |
| Released: | 1990 |
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| Label: | Atlanta Artists/Mercury |
| Producer: | Larry Blackmon |
| Prev Title: | Pretty Girls |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Close Quarters |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"I Want It Now" is a song recorded by American funk band Cameo from their fourteenth studio album, Real Men... Wear Black (1990). It was released as a single by Atlanta Artists/Mercury Records and reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.
People declared, "Pushed by a killer bass riff, 'I Want It Now' bubbles like a craterful of lava."[1] Don Waller of the New York Times found that "Cameo rolls back the rug for a wall-to-off-the-wall dance party, with the house-of-whacks "I Want It Now" and the over-the-counter Afro-desiac "Nan-Yea" providing the most innovative moments.[2] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune called the song a "catchy, Sly-styled pop funk tune".[3]