I Want You (Bob Dylan song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Want You


Artist = Bob Dylan
from Album = Blonde on Blonde
B-side = "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
Released = June, 1966
Format = 7"
Recorded = March 10, 1966
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 3:07 (album version)
2:54 (single edit)
Label = Columbia
Writer = Bob Dylan
Producer = Bob Johnston
Chart position = * #16 (UK)
* #20 (Billboard Hot 100)
Last single = "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
(1966)
This single = "I Want You"
(1966)
Next single = "Just Like a Woman"
(1966)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Blonde on Blonde
Type = studio
prev_track = "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "I Want You"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"
next_no = 6"I Want You" is a 1966 song recorded by Bob Dylan which appeared on the album "Blonde on Blonde". It was also released as a single with live version of Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues in June and reached number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100.

Covers

* The song was covered by Sophie B. Hawkins on her album Tongues and Tails
*Brazilian band Skank did a Portuguese version entitled "Tanto" in 1993, and covered the song in 2004.
*Bruce Springsteen covered this song live, prior to his success with Born to Run, during the famous "Main Point show" held on Februay 5, 1975 and released unofficially on numerous bootleg albums.
*Les Fradkin released a cover of it on his 2006 CD "Jangleholic"
*Arjen Anthony Lucassen covered this song on his 1997 album Strange Hobby.
*Ralph Mctell did a slower, piano-based version on his album Water of Dreams
*Belgian singer Bart Peeters did a Dutch version entitled "Ik Wil Je (Nooit Meer Kwijt)" on his album "Slimmer Dan De Zanger".

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:4x68mpn39f5o~T51 All Music Guide.]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:3tkqoaqa5i8m All Music Guide.]

The song was covered by James Blunt in his single "I Want You"