I want to be somebody
| I want to be somebody | |
|---|---|
| WASP | |
| publication | 1984 |
| length | 3:43 |
| Genre (s) | Heavy metal |
| Author (s) | Blackie Lawless |
| album | WASP |
| Cover versions | |
| 1996 | Gates of Ishtar |
| 1998 | Right Direction |
| 1998 | Sentenced |
| 1999 | Witchery |
| 2000 | Vanilla muffins |
| 2001 | Aurora Borealis |
| 2006 | Avulsed |
| 2006 | Catamenia |
| 2006 | Therion |
| 2011 | Bumilingus |
I Wanna Be Somebody is a song by the American band WASP. It appeared on their self-titled debut album in August 1984 and as its first single released in September 1984 . To I Wanna Be Somebody two music videos were shot: one for the European market and a defused version for the US.
Music genre
Charly Rinne wrote in his review of the debut album for Metal Hammer that he “only noticed the hit parade 'I Wanna Be Somebody' and the ballad 'Sleeping In The Fire'”. He compared the style to Quiet Riot and Twisted Sister and described it as "very catchy" and "very American, but never drifting into the mainstream corner".
Cover versions
I Wanna Be Somebody was written in 1996 by Gates of Ishtar on A Bloodred Path , in 1998 by Right Direction on To Right the Wrong and Sentenced on Frozen , 1999 by Witchery on Witchburner , 2000 by Vanilla Muffins on Ultra Fine Day , 2001 by Aurora Borealis on the Tribute album Show No Mercy - Tribute to WASP and covered in 2006 by Avulsed on Reanimations , by Catamenia on Location: COLD and by Therion on Celebrators of Becoming . In 2011, the band Bumilingus released the parody I Wanna Eat Somebody's Poo on the MP3 sampler Birds Out: Thrashin 'Victim (' I want to eat someone's poop ').
Individual evidence
- ↑ WASP history .
- ↑ Pat Mesiti: It's Only Rock 'N' Roll, But. . . . ANZEA Publishers 1993, p. 72.
- ↑ Charly Rinne: WASP “I Wanna Be Somebody” . In: Metal Hammer , No. 10/1984, p. 69.