I know what I want
| I know what I want | |
|---|---|
| Udo Juergens | |
| publication | October 1979 |
| length | 5:03 |
| Genre (s) | Bat |
| text | Udo Juergens |
| music | Fred Jay , Udo Juergens |
| album | Udo '80 |
| Cover versions | |
| 1980 | Orchestra Udo Reichel |
| 2009 | Barbara Schöneberger |
I know what I want is a song by the Austrian singer Udo Jürgens from 1979. The song sums up the ideal of romantic love. The song was released in October 1979 by Ariola Records in Germany as a single from his album Udo '80 . The song is 5:03 minutes long.
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The lyrics are an inner monologue in which he addresses his feelings shortly after saying goodbye to his girlfriend. The title "I know what I want" can be understood in such a way that at this moment he becomes aware of his strong feelings. He knows that he loves her and doesn't want to leave her anymore. According to Wolfgang Buschlinger, the song summarizes like no other the great ideals of romantic love defined by the sociologist Peter Fuchs: a) The other is highly relevant for one personally ('I want you completely and always around me'), b) We both are one ('That we are like one thought, one body'), c) I love everything about you ('Whatever you do, forgive and understand'), d) I open myself completely to you expect the same from you ('no thought is left unsaid, nothing is postponed'), e) the exclusivity of the other ('the illusion that you live only for me, I need that'), f) the union in sexuality ( 'And do everything you can do so for two'), g) Love is unreasonable and an expression of true freedom ('And believe, nowhere is an end in sight, no not for us',' Like a gypsy through that The world goes with you, [...] until our senses pass away ').
Cover versions
The song has been covered repeatedly, including by Barbara Schöneberger on her album Nochmal, nur anders as well as by Dieter Thomas Kuhn
Track list of the singles
7 ″ single
- I know what I want (5:03)
- Jamaica Mama (4:33)
12 ″ single
- I Know What I Want (Long Version) (8:18)
- Jamaica Mama (4:32)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Udo Jürgens - I know what I want at Discogs . Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ↑ What hits tell about our time, broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur . Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ↑ Pop stars are the true philosopher articles on Swiss radio and television by Yves Bossart . Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ↑ Udo Jürgens - I know what I want at Discogs . Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ↑ Udo Jürgens - I know what I want at Discogs . Retrieved December 23, 2018.