I Want You (Bob Dylan Song)
I Want You is a folk rock song written by Bob Dylan . It was first published in 1966 on Blonde on Blonde and has also been released as a single in a slightly shortened version.
Origin and text
I Want You in the blonde-on-blonde version was recorded on March 10, 1966 on Columbia Records under producer Bob Johnston . As with other Dylan songs from this period, the lyrics contain many surrealist metaphors.
In the first stanza the lyrical self is asked by various groups of people to reject the sung-about lady, to which he replies that he was not born to lose her. (“But it's not that way // I wasn't born to lose you”). In the chorus, which is played four times in the course of the song, he declares that he wants her so badly (“I want you so bad”).
Many fans and critics have dealt with the interpretation of the text. Over time, the song has become a Dylan classic that was often played at concerts. It was also often covered or played in films and television series.
reception
The piece reached its best chart placement in July 1966 with number 20 on the Billboard 100 . The single was not as successful as the previous one, Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 , which had reached second place. But I Want You sold better as a single than One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) and the following single Just Like a Woman .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard Magazine, July 30, 1966