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July 30, 1984 — W.A.S.P. released the single, I Wanna Be Somebody. (Apple Music or Spotify)
It is the first single from W.A.S.P.'s debut full-length studio album W.A.S.P., and was released via Capital Records.
Background:
The single was released on 12” vinyl, 7” vinyl, and 12” picture disc.
(𝟷𝟸“ 𝟺𝟻 𝙼𝚊𝚡𝚒-𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎)
(𝟽“ 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎)
(𝟷𝟸“ 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎)
(𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎)
(12", Record Store Day, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, 2022)
It features the song Tormentor as the singles B-side. Tormentor on this pressing is an alternate version taken from the 1984 movie Ragewar.
The album was recorded at the Record Plant and was produced by Blackie Lawless and Mike Varney (Shrapnel Records fame).
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚆.𝙰.𝚂.𝙿. 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝙸 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙱𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚎. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚁𝚘𝚗 𝙶𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚍𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏. 𝚂𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜, “𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙳𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚐𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝!” “𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐?” 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. “𝙽𝚘𝚠!” 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜, “𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝙸 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙱𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢!!!” “𝙷𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐.” — Blackie Lawless
An official music video was made to promote the song. (Watch video)
Commercial & Critical Reception:
I Wanna Be Somebody was ranked at #84 in VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
The single for I Wanna Be Somebody peaked at No. 77 on the UK singles chart.
The song was included in Loudwire’s 11 HEAVIEST HAIR METAL SONGS by Eduardo Rivadavia, who stated;
“𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜’ 𝚆.𝙰.𝚂.𝙿. 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 ‘𝟽𝟶𝚜 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 ‘𝟾𝟶𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚛𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗-𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚂&𝙼, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕 (𝙵**𝚔 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝), 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚜 and 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚆.𝙰.𝚂.𝙿. 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖’𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙱𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢.”
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