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"Want To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Sugarland. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from the album Enjoy the Ride. It was their first single not to feature former member Kristen Hall, although Jennifer Nettles had previously been featured on Bon Jovi's Number One country hit, "Who Says You Can't Go Home", the song was also the first regular Number One hit of Sugarland's career in the U.S., spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late 2006. The duo's members, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, wrote the song along with Bobby Pinson. The song has sold 856,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.
The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology. Want might also be examined in economics as a necessary ingredient in sustaining and perpetuating capitalist societies that are organised around principles like consumerism. Alternatively want can be studied in a non-secular, spiritual, moralistic or religious way, particularly by Buddhism but also Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
In economics, a want is something that is desired. It is said that every person has unlimited wants, but limited resources (Economics is based on the assumption that only limited resources are available to us from the infinite Universe). Thus, people cannot have everything they want and must look for the most affordable alternatives.
Wants are often distinguished from needs. A need is something that is necessary for survival (such as food and shelter), whereas a want is simply something that a person would like to have. Some economists have rejected this distinction and maintain that all of these are simply wants, with varying levels of importance. By this viewpoint, wants and needs can be understood as examples of the overall concept of demand.
"Want to Want Me" is a song recorded by American singer Jason Derulo for his fourth studio album, Everything Is 4 (2015). It was released as the album's lead single on March 9, 2015. The song was written by Derulo, Sam Martin, Lindy Robbins, Mitch Allan and its producer, Ian Kirkpatrick.
"Want to Want Me" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Derulo's sixth top ten hit in the United States. The song topped the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 127,000 units. It marked Derulo's fourth number-one single in the United Kingdom, following "In My Head" (2010), "Don't Wanna Go Home" (2011) and "Talk Dirty" (2013). "Want to Want Me" remained at number one in the UK for four weeks.
Time named "Want to Want Me" the third-best song of 2015.
The song's accompanying music video was directed by Colin Tilley. It premiered on Tinder on March 23, 2015. The video features glamour model Tianna Gregory as Derulo's love interest in the video.
I want to -- teach you how to stand
I want to -- take you by your hand
I want to -- lift up all your shame
I want to -- not dwell upon your grown pain
I want to -- learn to want again
I want to -- lift out all that's stained
Chorus:
When a fall decides
What you are gonna do
And the fallin' tides
Leave you spiraling through
Gonna take your time of lament and shame
When the moon above,
Remain your only friend
I want to -- show you how to feel
I want to -- look upon what's real
I want to -- can't realize what's gone
I want to -- till your life has come undone
I want to -- shake your world away
I want to -- I can't change the things you said
When a fall decides
What you are gonna do
And the fallin' tides
Leave you spiraling through
Gonna take your time of lament and shame
When the moon above,
Remain your only friend
You fall through
You fall through
When a fall decides
What you are gonna do
And the fallin' tides
Leave you spiraling through
Gonna take your time of lament and shame
When the moon above,
Remain your only friend