Do You Wanna Be?
| "Do You Wanna Be?" | ||||
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7" single | ||||
| Single by I'm Talking | ||||
| from the album Bear Witness | ||||
| A-side | "Do You Wanna Be?" | |||
| B-side | "Do You Wanna Be? (Instrumental)" | |||
| Released | 5 May 1986 | |||
| Length | 4:10 | |||
| Label | Regular Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Robert Goodge, Ian Cox | |||
| Producer(s) | I'm Talking, Martyn Webster | |||
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"Do You Wanna Be?" is a song by Australian band I'm Talking. It was released in May 1986 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, Bear Witness. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's highest charting single and second top ten single. An instrumental version of the song was featured in a flat party scene in the 1988 film For Queen and Country.
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards, Kate Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video.
The song's composer and band's guitarist, Robert Goodge, stated: "Shannon's "Let the Music Play", "Give Me Tonight" and Fonda Rae's "Touch Me" [were] the main influences, but we added in a harmonic structure that was reminiscent of something Chic might do."