I Want Action

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"I Want Action"
Single by Poison
from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In
B-side"Play Dirty"
ReleasedMay 20, 1987
Recorded1986
Genre
Length3:05
LabelEnigma/Capitol Records
Songwriter(s)Dall; DeVille; Michaels; Rockett
Producer(s)Ric Browde
Poison singles chronology
"Talk Dirty To Me"
(1987)
"I Want Action"
(1987)
"I Won't Forget You"
(1987)

"I Want Action" is the third single from Glam metal band Poison, originally from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In.

The heavy metal song was released as a single in 1987 on the Enigma label of Capitol Records, and peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] "I Want Action" was the first party anthem from the band[3] and was followed by their first ballad, the top 20 Billboard hit single I Won't Forget You.

Music video[]

The music video begins at a diner where a waitress is serving food to the band. After a groupie asks for a backstage pass, the band performs on stage.

Albums[]

On the 2006 re issue of Look What the Cat Dragged In - 20th Anniversary Edition the 7" single remix of the song was released.[4]

"I Want Action" is on the following albums.

Charts[]

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 50

Uses in Media[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles".
  3. ^ "Look What the Cat Dragged In - Poison". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  4. ^ "Rockers Poison celebrate 20th anniversary with expanded releases of albums". Monsters and Critics. 2006-07-25. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Poison Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2020.


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