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"I Want It Now"
Single by Cameo
from the album Real Men... Wear Black
Released1990
GenreR&B, new jack swing
LabelAtlanta Artists/Mercury Records
Songwriter(s)Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith, William Seth Allen
Producer(s)Larry Blackmon
Cameo singles chronology
"Pretty Girls"
(1989)
"I Want It Now"
(1990)
"Close Quarters"
(1990)
Music video
"I Want It Now" on YouTube

"I Want It Now" is a song recorded by the band Cameo for their 1990 album Real Men... Wear Black. It was released as a single by Atlanta Artists/Mercury Records and reached No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[1]

Critical reception

People declared "Pushed by a killer bass riff, 'I Want It Now' bubbles like a craterful of lava."[2] Don Waller of the New York Times found that "Cameo rolls back the rug for a wall-to-off-the-wall dance party, with the house-of-whacks "I Want It Now" and the over-the-counter Afro-desiac "Nan-Yea" providing the most innovative moments.[3] Chris Heim of the Chicago Tribune called the song a "catchy, Sly-styled pop funk tune".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Cameo: I Want It Now Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  2. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Real Men Wear Black". People. July 16, 1990.
  3. ^ Waller, Don (July 1, 1990). "CAMEO "Real Men Wear Black"". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Heim, Chris (July 1, 1990). "CAMEO "Real Men Wear Black"". Chicago Tribune.