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W.A.S.P. β€” I Wanna Be Somebody (Single)

  • intothewellsabyss
  • Jul 30, 2023
  • 2 min read

π…π‘πŽπŒ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 π‚π‘π˜ππ“π’ - π‚π„π‹π„ππ‘π€π“πˆππ† 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 π€π‹ππ”πŒ 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐧 𝐭𝐑𝐞 π‡πˆπ’π“πŽπ‘π˜ 𝐨𝐟  𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 π‘πŽπ‚πŠ & π‡π„π€π•π˜ πŒπ„π“π€π‹β€¦



July 30, 1984 β€” 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.


(πŸ·πŸΈβ€œ 𝟺𝟻 π™ΌπšŠπš‘πš’-πš‚πš’πš—πšπš•πšŽ)


(πŸ½β€œ πšœπš’πš—πšπš•πšŽ)


(πŸ·πŸΈβ€œ πš™πš’πšŒπšπšžπš›πšŽ πšπš’πšœπšŒ πšœπš’πš—πšπš•πšŽ)


(π™Ώπš›πš˜πš–πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš—πšŠπš• πšœπš’πš—πšπš•πšŽ)


(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).


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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;

β€œπ™Όπš˜πš›πšŽ 𝚜𝚘 πšπš‘πšŠπš— πšŠπš—πš’ πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πšŠπš—πš, π™±πš•πšŠπšŒπš”πš’πšŽ π™»πšŠπš πš•πšŽπšœπšœβ€™ πš†.𝙰.πš‚.𝙿. πš‹πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš β€˜πŸ½πŸΆπšœ πš‚πš‘πš˜πšŒπš” πšπš˜πšŒπš” πš’πš—πšπš˜ β€˜πŸΎπŸΆπšœ π™·πšŠπš’πš› π™ΌπšŽπšπšŠπš•, πšœπš‘πš˜πš πšŽπš›πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšŠπšžπšπš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽπšœ πš’πš— πš‹πš•πš˜πš˜πš, πš›πšŠπš  πš–πšŽπšŠπš, πšŠπš—πš πš˜πš—-πš‚πšπšŠπšπšŽ πš‚&𝙼, πš πš‘πš’πš•πšŽ πš πš’πšŽπš•πšπš’πš—πš πšŒπš˜πš—πšπš›πš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πšœπš’πšŠπš• πšœπš˜πš—πšπšœ πš•πš’πš”πšŽ π™°πš—πš’πš–πšŠπš• (𝙡**πš” π™»πš’πš”πšŽ 𝚊 π™±πšŽπšŠπšœπš), πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšƒπš˜πš›πšπšžπš›πšŽ π™½πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš‚πšπš˜πš™πšœ and π™±πšŠπš•πš•πšŒπš›πšžπšœπš‘πšŽπš›. π™±πšžπš, πš–πš˜πšœπš πš›πšŽπš•πšŽπšŸπšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš˜πšžπš› πšŒπš˜πš—πšŸπšŽπš›πšœπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš— 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒, πš†.𝙰.πš‚.𝙿. πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πšŠπš•πšœπš˜ πšŠπš–πš˜πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŽπšŠπšŸπš’πšŽπšœπš πš‹πšŠπš—πšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπšŽπš—πšŽπš›πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—, πšŠπš—πš πš—πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ 𝚜𝚘 πšπš‘πšŠπš— πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšŠπš•πš‹πšžπš–β€™πšœ πšπš›πšžπšŒπšžπš•πšŽπš—πš, πšœπš’πšπš—πšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽ πš˜πš™πšŽπš—πšŽπš›, 𝙸 πš†πšŠπš—πš—πšŠ π™±πšŽ πš‚πš˜πš–πšŽπš‹πš˜πšπš’.”

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