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I Want Action

I Want Action

1987 single by Poison

"I Want Action" is the third single from Glam metal band Poison, originally from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In.

Quick Facts Single by Poison, from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In ...

The song was released as a single in 1987 on the Enigma label of Capitol Records, and peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] "I Want Action" was the first party anthem from the band[3] and was followed by their first ballad, the top 20 Billboard hit single "I Won't Forget You".

Reception

Cash Box said that the song has Poison "at their resounding best," saying that "the tune is every bit as suggestive as its title, pouring on sex and incendiary guitars with a trowel."[4]

Music video

The music video begins at a diner where a waitress is serving food to the band. After a groupie asks for a backstage pass, the band performs on stage.

Albums

On the 2006 re issue of Look What the Cat Dragged In - 20th Anniversary Edition the 7" single remix of the song was released.[5]

"I Want Action" is on the following albums.

Charts

More information Chart (1987), Peak position ...

Uses in Media

References

  1. [1]
    "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Allmusic (Poison charts and awards) Billboard singles".
  3. [3]
    "Look What the Cat Dragged In - Poison". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  4. [4]
    "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. May 30, 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  5. [5]
    "Rockers Poison celebrate 20th anniversary with expanded releases of albums". Monsters and Critics. 2006-07-25. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Poison Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2020.


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