I Wanna Be Adored

"I Wanna Be Adored"
Single by the Stone Roses
from the album The Stone Roses
B-side"Going Down"
Released1989
RecordedJune 1988 – February 1989
Genre
Length
  • 4:52 (LP and 12-inch version)
  • 3:28 (edit and 7-inch version)
LabelSilvertone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"She Bangs The Drums"
(1989)		 "I Wanna Be Adored"
(1989)		 "Fools Gold/What the World Is Waiting For"
(1989)

"I Wanna Be Adored" is a 1989 song by British indie rock band The Stone Roses and is the first track from their debut studio album The Stone Roses. It went to number 20 in the United Kingdom, number 21 in Ireland and number 141 in Australia.

Track listing

1989 US release

12-inch vinyl (Silvertone 1301-1-JD)
Cassette (Silvertone 1301-4-JS)
CD (Silvertone 1301-2-JD)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (edit) – 3:28
  2. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
  3. "Going Down" – 2:46
  4. "Simone" – 4:24

1991 UK release

7-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE 31)
Cassette (Silvertone ORE C 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 3:28
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15

12-inch vinyl (Silvertone ORE T 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" – 4:52
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52

CD (Silvertone ORE CD 31)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (7" version) – 3:28
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
  4. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52

1991 Japanese release

CD (Silvertone/Alfa ALCB-392)

  1. "I Wanna Be Adored" (12" version) – 4:53
  2. "Where Angels Play" – 4:15
  3. "Sally Cinnamon" (Live at the Hacienda) – 3:52
  4. "Fools Gold" (Extended version) – 9:53

References

  1. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (9 August 2009). "So much to answer for". The National. Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "where have all the flowers gone?". Spin. Vol. 9, no. 2. SPIN Media LLC. May 1993. p. 47. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Partridge, Kenneth (24 May 2016). "Radiohead, The Cure & Stone Roses: How Revived British Rock Bands Come to Terms With Nostalgia". Billboard. Retrieved 19 July 2022.