Just What I Always Wanted
"Just What I Always Wanted" | ||||
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Single by Mari Wilson | ||||
from the album Showpeople | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Genre | Pop, new wave[1] | |||
Length | 3:22 | |||
Label | The Compact Organization, London Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Teddy Johns | |||
Producer(s) | Tony Mansfield | |||
Mari Wilson singles chronology | ||||
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"Just What I Always Wanted" is a song by English singer Mari Wilson, released as a single in 1982. It is from her 1983 debut album Showpeople.
As Wilson's fifth single release, "Just What I Always Wanted" was her first UK top 40 hit, reaching No. 8 in October 1982.[2]
Robin Denselow of The Guardian said of the song: "With 'Just What I Always Wanted', Mari Wilson found the perfect song to fit her image - emotional, slightly camp & sounding as if it might have been a pop hit back in the early 60s. It was tongue-in-cheek but performed with deadpan panache, treated the same way Mari treats her stage uniform with her long gloves, jewellery & enormous beehive hairdo."[3]
Track listing[]
- A. "Just What I Always Wanted" (Teddy Johns)
- B1. "Are You There (With Another Girl)" (Bacharach and David)
- B2. "Woe, Woe, Woe" (Teddy Johns)
Charts[]
Chart (1982/83) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 76 |
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 8 |
References[]
- ^ ""not one Picasso, he'd give me a pair/that's what I've always dreamed of"". 17 November 2005.
- ^ "MARI WILSON | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ^ The Guardian 17 February 1983 "Robert Denselow reviews the new rock releases" Arts p.12
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 340. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
Categories:
- 1982 singles
- London Records singles
- Mari Wilson songs
- Song recordings produced by Tony Mansfield
- 1982 songs
- 1980s pop song stubs