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Wanna-Be's

Kenichi Sonoda created the character designs of the animated version.


All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You

"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" was a success, spending two weeks at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight in the UK Singles Chart, and reaching #1 in Canada and Australia.

Amanda Shaw

Shaw has recorded two independently released albums, Little Black Dog (2001) and I'm Not a Bubble Gum Pop Princess (2004) -- the latter including traditional Cajun melodies as well as eclectic choices like The Clash's Should I Stay or Should I Go and The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" (changed to "Girlfriend").

Anna Waronker

A sample of her song "I Don't Wanna" was played in the 2008 Movie The Haunting of Molly Hartley.

Baby Do You Wanna Bump

"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" is a song recorded by German record producer Frank Farian under the name Boney M. and included on the 1976 album Take The Heat Off Me.

Brother Ali

Brother Ali has been under pressure from the recording industry due to lyrics from his song "Uncle Sam Goddamn", claiming creative interference from "somebody I don't wanna name, but some of you probably has their cell phones."

Children of Rain

Pam and Alan married in late 1967, forming the folk-rock group Ross Legacy and releasing Makes You Wanna Sigh, written by Pam’s brother and former Children of Rainer Denis, on the Philips label (40620) in 1969.

Christie DuPree

She has previously worked with Wesley Jensen on both of his EPs and can be seen in the music video for "Think I Wanna Die" by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

Dana Dawson

In 1996, she released the single "How I Wanna Be Loved" but it missed the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

Diane Charlemagne

In 2012, she collaborated with Netsky on his track "Wanna Die For You" for the album 2.

Do What You Wanna Do

"Do What You Wanna Do" is the debut, 1977 single by Nassau, Bahamas based group, T-Connection.

Don't Wanna Be Here

Don't Wanna Be Here was the first single for the band Cool for August and was also released as a CD single in Australia in 1997.

Don't Wanna Hear About Your Band!

Don't Wanna Hear About Your Band! is Swedish punk band Tiger Bell's first album.

Don't You Wanna Be Relevant? / Our Bovine Public

Along with 'Get Yr Hands Out of My Grave', the Cribs and Will Jackson produced 'Don't You Wanna be Relevant?' at Soundworks Studios, Leeds, with 'Our Bovine Public' recorded at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, British Columbia with Franz Ferdinand vocalist and guitarist Alex Kapranos.

Gene Cornish

It presented his pre-Rascals recordings, including "I Wanna Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," "What'd I Say," "You're Gonna Cry Someday," and even Cole Porter's "I Love Paris."

Grand Street and Grand Avenue

The street is referenced in songs and books from many local artists, including Bob Dylan ("Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again"), Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan ("I Don't Wanna Grow Up", popularized by the Ramones) and Matt & Kim (the title of their album Grand, as well as in the lyrics of their songs "Cameras" and "Daylight").

Gregory Webster

In the Christmas season of 2007,he recorded a version of The Ramones song "Merry Christmas(I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight" with Rose Melberg (ex-Go Sailor, Tiger Trap, The Softies, Gaze).

Halfway to Sanity

"I Wanna Live", the album's opening track, was on the soundtrack to the 2006 video game Tony Hawk's Project 8.

Hand of Fate

Amanda Perez released two songs related to the album, "Radio" and "Don't Wanna Love You", on her personal Myspace page.

Here at the Mayflower

American Idol vocal coach Debra Byrd, Manilow's longtime backup singer, makes an uncredited appearance on "Say Goodbye" and "I Don't Wanna Know" on this release only.

Hit Parader

The magazine is mentioned in the Guns N' Roses song "Get in the Ring", where it is criticized for "printin' lies instead of the things we (Guns N' Roses) said" and "rippin' off the fuckin' kids while they be paying their hard earned money to read about the bands they wanna know about, printin' lies, startin' controversy."

Human Garbage

#"I Wanna Drink" (Farren, Wallis) – originally on Mick Farren's Vampires Stole My Lunch Money LP

Hurt No More

The first single "I Don't Wanna Know" was based on a sample of "Boadicea" by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album.

I Don't Wanna Talk About Love

"I Don't Wanna Talk About Love" (titled without the "I" on the album) is a song by Danielle Brisebois, the third single off her 1994 album Arrive All Over You.

I Just Wanna Party

"I Just Wanna Party" is the second single of American rapper Yelawolf's album Trunk Muzik 0-60.

I Wanna Be Down

"I Wanna Be Down" was written by Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones, while production was also handled by the former.

I Wanna Love You Forever

"I Wanna Love You Forever" is a song recorded by American recording artist Jessica Simpson for her Sweet Kisses (1999).

J-Son

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(Mischa Daniels feat. J-Son)

Just Wanna Rock N' Roll

"Just Wanna Rock N' Roll" is the title of a song written by Rodney Clawson and Chris Tompkins, and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Atkins.

Kimberly Cole

Internet celebrity Nathan Barnatt auditioned for a role in her "U Make Me Wanna" music video.

Marc: My Words

#"I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Long Version)" - 6:03
Written by Marc Nelson and Brian Culbertson.

#"I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Strong Version)" - 5:27
Written by Marc Nelson and Brian Culbertson.

Mischa Daniels

He has also collaborated with a number of artists notably J-Son with the 2010 hit "Where You Wanna Go" and the 2011 follow-up "Simple Man" in collaboration with Sandro Monte and also featuring J-son.

Paul Laurence

Laurence had several hits with Brooklyn singer/Capitol recording artist Lillo Thomas: "(You're A) Good Girl," "Your Love's Got a Hold on Me," "(Can't Take Half) All of You" (a duet with Melba Moore), "Settle Down," "Sexy Girl" (Laurence/Timmy Allen), "I'm in Love"—not the Evelyn King hit—that went to number two R&B in spring 1987, and "Wanna Make Love (All Night Long)."

Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc

However, it lacks the original intro which featured the Groove Armada song "Madder" (which is still credited, anyway), and also lacks the "Wanna Kick Rayman" bonus videos, which are replaced with the pages of an art book that came with the collector's edition of Rayman Origins.

Regina Belle

she released the album This Is Regina!, which featured the R&B hit single, "Ooh Boy." also released were, "Don't Wanna Go Home" and "From Now On" with Glenn Jones.

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise

The songs “Love You in the Daytime,” “Cryin’ My Eyes Out,” and “Everybody Wanna Party” are featured in the motion picture Love N’ Dancing starring Amy Smart and Billy Zane due in US theatres March 2009.

Shu-bi-dua

They have produced many hits in Denmark like Vuffeli-vov, Hvalen Hvalborg, Står på en Alpetop, Stærk Tobak (to the music from the Phil Medley and Bert Russell song Twist and Shout), Familien kom til Kaffe, Sex Chikane, We wanna be free, and many more.

The Belle of New York

I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man: Astaire's second solo routine is a song and sand-dance (only his second sand-dance on film, the other being the No Strings number in Top Hat), and one which - by running separate takes side by side in split screen - has been used in That's Entertainment, Part III to illustrate the extreme precision of Astaire's dance technique.

The Johner Brothers

They continued to rack up hits on the Canadian country singles chart, including the top 25 "Maybe She'll Change Her Mind", and their duet with Suzanne Gitzi, "I Don't Wanna Know."

The Jungle Book Groove Party

Some songs such as "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You" are from the original film; the new songs were written by Nicolas Maranda, who also arranged all the songs.

Vindaloo

Joey Ramone also references chicken vindaloo when introducing the song "I Wanna Be Well" on the 1979 It's Alive album.

Wangala

Wangala (also known as Hundred Drums, Wanna, Wanna Rongchuwa) a harvest festival celebrated by the Garo tribe, who lives in Meghalaya, Assam in India and Greater Mymensingh in Bangladesh.

Wanna Be a VJ

In the first Wanna Be a VJ contest, the tall, spacey Jesse Camp beat out the more knowledgeable but less flamboyant Dave Holmes.

Wanna Get Up

"Wanna Get Up" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited.

Weasel Mania

All songs written by Ben Weasel except "I Wanna Be a Homosexual" by Ben Weasel/John Jughead/Dan Vapid, "Hey Suburbia" written by Ben Weasel/Jughead, and "She's Giving Me the Creeps" written by Ben Weasel/Danny Vapid.

What'cha Wanna Do

"What'cha Wanna Do" is a hip-hop song by Pras Michel, released as the fourth single from his debut solo studio album, Ghetto Supastar.


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