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1986 single by I'm Talking
"Do You Wanna Be?"
7" single
Single by I'm Talking
from the album Bear Witness
A-side"Do You Wanna Be?"
B-side"Do You Wanna Be? (Instrumental)"
Released5 May 1986
Length4:10
LabelRegular Records
Songwriter(s)Robert Goodge, Ian Cox
Producer(s)I'm Talking, Martyn Webster
I'm Talking singles chronology
"Love Don't Live Here Anymore"
(1985) 		"Do You Wanna Be?"
(1986) 		"Holy Word"
(1986)

"Do You Wanna Be?" is a song by Australian band I'm Talking. It was released in May 1986 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, Bear Witness. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's highest charting single and second top ten single. An instrumental version of the song was featured in a flat party scene in the 1988 film For Queen and Country.

At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards, Kate Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video.

The song's composer and band's guitarist, Robert Goodge, stated "Shannon’s "Let the Music Play", "Give Me Tonight" and Fonda Rae’s "Touch Me" being the main influences, but we added in a harmonic structure that was reminiscent of something Chic might do."

Track listing

7" Single (K 9925)
  • Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
  • Side B "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
12" Single (X 13252)
  • Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" (Extended) - 5:15
  • Side B1 "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10
  • Side B2 "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 30

Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 73

References

  1. ^ "Kent Music Report No 616 – 5 May 1985 (sic) > Singles: New Releases". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017. N.B. This document erroneously lists the year as 1985 rather than 1986.
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 145. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. "Final episode of Countdown". 1970scountdown. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. "Track by Track - I'm Talking - Bear Witness". Bloodlines. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. "I'm Talking – Do You Wanna Be?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. "Kent Music Report No 650 – 29 December 1986 > National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 10 December 2019.


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