Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted

"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
Single by The Partridge Family
from the album Up to Date
B-side "You Are Always on My Mind"
Released February 1971
Recorded 1970
Genre Pop
Length 2:49
Label Bell Records
Writer(s) Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, Wes Farrell
Producer(s) Wes Farrell
Certification Gold (RIAA)
The Partridge Family singles chronology
"I Think I Love You"
(1970)		 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
(1971)		 "I'll Meet You Halfway"
(1971)

"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" is a song written by Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos, and Wes Farrell and was recorded by The Partridge Family for their 1971 album, Up to Date.[1] The song went to #6 on The Billboard Hot 100 in 1971 and was on the charts for 12 weeks.[2]

The song went to #1 in Canada.[3] The song also reached #6 in France and #9 in Australia. It was named the #13 song of 1971 on the Cashbox charts.[4] The song was certified as a gold disc in March 1971.[5]

But David Cassidy hated the song.[6] C'Mon Get Happy - Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, Warner Books Inc, 1994. pp 70-71 ISBN 0-446-39531-5</ref> He didn't think it was a good song at all and hated the idea he had to talk in the middle of it so much so he refused to do it.[7]

This caused consternation with the studio and the record company, where the heads of both Bell Records and Screen Gems, both owned by Columbia Pictures, got involved.[7] Shooting of The Partridge Family was stopped so his manager and agent could talk to him over the issue.[7] It was suggested to Cassidy that the song would achieve greater commercial success with the spoken interlude included.[7]

They put pressure on him until he caved in and did the record as requested. When it was finished, he begged them not to release it.[7] "It was horrible, I was embarrassed by it. I still can't listen to that record."[7]

This was also the song that was playing before the Emergency Broadcast System False Alarm of 1971 on WOWO.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australia KMR 7
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[9] 13
France 6
New Zealand[10] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 6
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Rank
Australia[13] 70
Canada[14] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 53
U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[16]
49
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] 13

References

  1. ↑ Lindsay Planer (1970-09-25). "Up to Date - The Partridge Family | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  2. ↑ "Artist Search for "the partridge family"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  4. 1 2
  5. ↑ "Song artist 754 - The Partridge Family". Tsort.info. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  6. ↑
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 C'Mon Get Happy - Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family bus by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, Warner Books Inc, 1994. pp 70-71 ISBN 0-446-39531-5
  8. ↑
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  11. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  14. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  15. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  16. ↑ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1971-12-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

External links

Preceded by
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival		 Canadian RPM 100 number-one single
March 27, 1971 (one week) 		Succeeded by
"She's a Lady" by Tom Jones
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