Just What I Always Wanted
| "Just What I Always Wanted" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| ||||
"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.
| Robin Denselow on Just What I Always Wanted |
|---|
| "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."[2] |
As Wilson's fifth single release, "Just What I Always Wanted" was her first UK top 40 hit, reaching No. 8 in October 1982.[3] A hit in Ireland (No. 11), the track also charted in Australia but failed to become a major hit there (stalling at No. 76). Wilson had one subsequent single reach the UK top 40, the Showpeople track "Cry Me a River" (No. 27).
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)
References
- ^ ""not one Picasso, he'd give me a pair/that's what I've always dreamed of"". 17 November 2005.
- ^ The Guardian 17 February 1983 "Robert Denselow reviews the new rock releases" Arts p.12
- ^ "MARI WILSON | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
 | This 1980s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |