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I Want You to Want Me hi-def is performed by Cheap Trick in 1979 with the live Budokan overdub. The pop-rock song is originally from their second album In Color, released in September 1977 but the single did not chart in the United States. Nineteen months later, a live version from the band's successful Cheap Trick at Budokan album was released as a single and became one of their biggest hits, peaking at number seven in the US, number two in Canada, and number one in Japan. It has since become Cheap Trick's signature song. “I Want You to Want Me“ was a number-one single in Japan. Its success in Japan, as well as the success of its preceding single “Clock Strikes Ten“, paved the way for Cheap Trick's concerts at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo in April 1978 which was recorded for the group's most popular album, Cheap Trick at Budokan. A live version of “I Want You to Want Me“ from the album Cheap Trick at Budokan was released in 1979 and became their biggest selling single, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, representing sales of one million records. In Canada, it reached #2 on the RPM national singles chart, remaining there for two weeks, and was certified Gold for the sale of 500,000 singles in September 1979. It was also the band's highest-charting single in Britain, where #CheapTrick #IWantYouToWantMe reached num 29. Source: Wikipedia
