Why must I be so lonely?
When so many people pass me by
I've been waiting for oh so long now
And yet I'm unable to answer why
I can't be made to give up now
Can you find room for me in your heart somehow?
I wanna be loved
I just wanna be loved
I guess I'm a victim of loneliness
But why should this be my destiny?
A foolish man for a lot of my life
Shouldn't there be someone
Someone for me?
I hope and I pray some happy day
That I'll be around to hear you say
I wanna be loved
I just wanna be loved
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I Wanna Be Loved |
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Written by | Farnell Jenkins |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello & The Attractions |
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Produced by | Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Maurice Worm (a.k.a. Steve Nieve) - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Gary Barnacle - saxophone Green Gartside - vocals see Goodbye Cruel World credits for possible additional musicians |
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Recorded | February 1984, SARM West Studios, London |
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Released | June 18, 1984 |
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Albums | Goodbye Cruel World, 1984 |
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Singles | I Wanna Be Loved, 1984 (radio version) |
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Collections | The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985 (radio version) The Man (The Best Of Elvis Costello), 1985 (album version) The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 (album version) Singles, Volume 3, 2003 (album version) |
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Various Artists collections | Debüt Nummer 9, 1984 (1:36 sample) |
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Promos | Punch The World, 1995 |
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Videos | The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos, 2005 |
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Length | 4:47 (album version) 3:50 (radio version) |
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Chords
EADGBe EADGBe
Cdim: xx1212 Bm: x24432
Gmaj7: 320002 Amaj7: x02120
Gm7: 353333 Dmaj7: x00222
Cmaj7: x32000 C#m: x46654
Cm: x35543 Dm: xx0231
F7: 131211 Esus4: 022200
G: 320003 F#m: 244222
A/G: 3x222x A/F: 102220
D: xx0232 E7(b9): 022131
F#m7: 242222 Dmaj9: x5465x
D11: x55555
Piano Demo (from Rhino bonus disc):
Cdim (bass: eb, f#, a)
Album Version:
Gmaj7 Gm7 Gmaj7 Gm7
Gmaj7
Why must I be so lonely?
Gm7
When so many people pass me by
Cmaj7 Cm
I've been waiting for oh so long now
G
And yet I'm unable to answer why
Gmaj7
I can't be made to give up now
A/G D
Can you find room for me in your heart somehow?
D Gmaj7
I wanna be loved
F#m7 g a b f# Cm
I just wanna be loved
Piano demo:
D Gmaj7
I wanna be loved
F#m7 g a b f#
I just wanna be loved
Piano demo:
Repeat intro
Album version:
Cm
I guess I'm a victim of loneliness
Why should this be my destiny?
A foolish man for a lot of my life
Shouldn't there be someone
Someone for me?
I hope and I pray some happy day
That I'll be around to hear you say
I wanna be loved
I just wanna be loved
Piano demo:
Repeat intro, verse 1, and chorus
Repeat intro, end on G
Album version:
Piano solo:
Gmaj7
|-2-3p2-------2-3p2------|
|-------3-0---------3-0--|
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Gm7
|-2-3p2-------2-3p2------2-3p2--|
|-------3-----------3----------3|
|---------3-----------3---------| etc. x2
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Repeat x2 under saxophone solo
Repeat verse 1 and chorus
Cm D11 Bm D11 Bm
I wanna be loved
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Amaj7 Dmaj7
I wanna be loved
C#m a b c# g# Dm
I just wanna be loved
Esus4 Amaj7 Dmaj7
I wanna be loved
C#m a b c# g# Dm
I just wanna be loved
Esus4 Amaj7 Dmaj7
I wanna be loved
C#m a b c# bb Dm
I just wanna be loved
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Repeat above section once
(In one 4/4 bar) F#m G A/F E7(b9)
Amaj7 Dmaj9
I wanna be loved
Repeat and fade
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