Everybody Wants You

{{for|the Johnny Orlando song|Everybody Wants You (Johnny Orlando song)}}{{distinguish|Everybody Here Wants You}} {{Infobox song | name = Everybody Wants You | cover = Everybody Wants You cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Billy Squier | album = Emotions in Motion | B-side = *"Keep Me Satisfied" *"Learn How to Live" (only in Japan) | released = September 14, 1982 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Hard rock<ref>{{cite book|first= Nick |last= Talevski |title= Rock Obituaries – Knocking On Heaven's Door |year= 2006 |page= 80 |quote= Later joining Billy Squier's hard rock group in the late Seventies, [Bobby] Chouinard appeared on the hard-rock anthems 'Everybody Wants You', 'In The Dark', and 'The Stroke'. |publisher= Omnibus Press |isbn= 978-1-8460-9091-2}}</ref> | length = 3:46 | label = Capitol | writer = Billy Squier | producer = Reinhold Mack<br>Billy Squier | prev_title = Emotions in Motion | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = She's a Runner | next_year = 1983 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|TQyo6CrbvIU&pp|"Everybody Wants You"}}}} }}

"'''Everybody Wants You'''" is a hit song written and performed by American rock singer and guitarist Billy Squier. It appeared as the opening track of his multi-Platinum 1982 album ''Emotions in Motion'', and was released as the second single (following the title track) from that album, reaching #31 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It became, however, a much bigger hit on AOR (Album Oriented Rock) radio, gridlocking the top spot of Mainstream Rock charts for six weeks straight. The song's music video also remained in heavy rotation for months on MTV.

== Details == The song features three guitars and a bass playing a "hard-rocking and funky" riff, and a "sleekly new wave-oriented production".<ref name="allmusicEWY">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=everybody-wants-you-t1937711|pure_url=yes}} | title = Billy Squier: Everybody Wants You | work = AllMusic | first = Stewart | last = Mason | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref> It became a huge hit on both radio and MTV,<ref name="allmusicBio">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=billy-squier-p5507/biography|pure_url=yes}} | title = Billy Squier: Biography | work = AllMusic | first = Greg | last = Prato | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref> topping the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks charts for six weeks, from August 28 to October 8, 1982.<ref name="WhitburnRock">{{Cite book | title = Joel Whitburn's rock tracks | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | author-link = Joel Whitburn | date = February 1, 2003 | publisher = Record Research Inc | isbn = 978-0-89820-153-6 | url = https://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780898201536 | page = 177 | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref> It was also on the pop charts, debuting on the ''Billboard'' Top 40 on November 27, 1982 and peaking at number 32.<ref name="WhitburnPop">{{cite book | first = Joel | last = Whitburn | author-link = Joel Whitburn | title = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits | year = 2004 | publisher = Billboard Books | page = 594 | isbn = 0-8230-7499-4 | edition = 8th }}</ref> It was Squier's third Top-40 song, following "The Stroke" (number 17) and "In the Dark" (number 35).<ref name="WhitburnPop" />

"Everybody Wants You" is included on Squier's 1995 greatest hits collection ''16 Strokes: The Best of Billy Squier''.<ref name="allmusicEWY" />

"Everybody Wants You" was one of the songs Squier has performed live with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band; one version appeared on the ''Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006'' album, along with Squier's 1984 hit "Rock Me Tonite".<ref name="allmusicStarr2006">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=album|id=ringo-starr--his-all-starr-band-live-2006-r1400886|pure_url=yes}} | title = Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 | work = AllMusic | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref>

==Chart history== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1982) !Peak<br />position |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|32 |- |US ''Billboard'' Top Rock Tracks |align="center"|1 |- |Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles |align="center"|26 |- |South Africa (Springbok)<ref>{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(S).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}</ref> |align="center"|13 |}

==Covers== The song has been covered by artists such as the American hard rock bands Puddle of Mudd, Damone<ref name="allmusicDamone">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=everybody-wants-you-t15559919|pure_url=yes}} | title = Damone: Everybody Wants You | work = AllMusic | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref> and The Unband, whose version appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film ''Scary Movie''.<ref name="allmusicUnband">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic|class=song|id=everybody-wants-you-t3407011|pure_url=yes}} | title = Unband: Everybody Wants You | work = allmusic | accessdate = October 20, 2010 }}</ref>

Canadian indie rock band Tokyo Police Club performed a version of the song in August 2010 for the first season of ''The A.V. Club''{{'}}s ''A.V. Undercover'' web series.<ref name="undercover">{{cite web|title=Tokyo Police Club covers Billy Squier|website=The A.V. Club |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/tokyo-police-club-covers-billy-squier,38878/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410131150/http://www.avclub.com/articles/tokyo-police-club-covers-billy-squier,38878/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 10, 2013|accessdate=March 21, 2013}}</ref>

==In popular culture== The song was used as The Fabulous Ones' (Steve Keirn and Stan Lane) entrance theme during their time in the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association from 1982 to 1985.

The 1983 film ''Bad Boys'' uses it in the start of the movie where Sean Penn sits in his room strumming guitar with this song playing on his radio , his mother tells him to turn it down and he just turns up the volume.

The song was used in the episode 13 (title: 'Standards and Practices') of season 1 of the drama ''The Closer''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 2004, a mashup of "Everybody Wants You" and "Emerge" by Fischerspooner was included on the ''Queer Eye'' soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web| last= Jeffries| first=David |url ={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r674152|pure_url=yes}}| title = Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - Original TV Soundtrack | website = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation | year = 2004 | accessdate = 2010-11-20}}</ref>

The song is used the first couple seasons of the TV show ''Burn Notice'', including being used in a promotional ad for the second season.<ref>{{cite web|title=BURN NOTICE: SEASON 2 | website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHcuj0kiow |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/ZfHcuj0kiow |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The song is used in the 2012 film ''Battleship''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Top-40 deejay Mark Sebastian once played the song repeatedly for over an hour on Cincinnati radio station WKRQ, claiming to have locked himself in the studio and hearing people banging on the door to get him out. He was temporarily suspended and returned to air after reading an appology.

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:1982 singles Category:Billy Squier songs Category:Songs written by Billy Squier Category:Song recordings produced by Reinhold Mack Category:1982 songs Category:Capitol Records singles