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"Do You Wanna Be?" is a song by Australian band I'm Talking. It was released in May 1986[1] as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, Bear Witness. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's highest charting single and second top ten single.[2] An instrumental version of the song was featured in a club scene in the 1988 film For Queen and Country.

At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards, Kate Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video.[3][4]

The song's composer and band's guitarist, Robert Goodge, stated "Shannon’s "Let the Music Play", "Give Me Tonight" and Fonda Rae’s "Touch Me" being the main influences, but we added in a harmonic structure that was reminiscent of something Chic might do."[5]

Track listing

7" Single (K 9925)
  • Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
  • Side B "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
12" Single (X 13252)
  • Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" (Extended) - 5:15
  • Side B1 "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
  • Side B2 "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 30

Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 73

References

  1. ^ a b "Kent Music Report No 616 – 5 May 1985 (sic) > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. N.B. This document erroneously lists the year as 1985 rather than 1986.
  2. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Track by Track - I'm Talking - Bear Witness". Bloodlines. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. ^ "I'm Talking – Do You Wanna Be?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Kent Music Report No 650 – 29 December 1986 > National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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