"(We Want) The Same Thing" is a song by American singer

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. Written by

Rick Nowels Richard Wright Nowels Jr. (born March 16, 1954) is an American songwriter and record producer. He has co-written and co-produced over 90 hit singles with multiple artists,Ellen Shipley Ellen Shipley (born March 24, 1949, in New York City, New York, United States) is an American musician and songwriter. Career At sixteen years old, Shipley got a NYC Cabaret license. She performed a duo act in Greenwich Village in the early 70's ...

, it was produced by Nowels for Carlisle's third album, ''

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'' (1989). In Japan, it was released simultaneously with " Leave a Light On" as the album's lead single on October 21, 1989, while in the United Kingdom, it was issued as the album's fifth single in October 1990. To help promote the single in the UK,

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released a deluxe 12-inch vinyl box set with free stickers and a

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single on CD, in addition to standard formats. The single peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and spent 10 weeks in the top 75.

Single remix

The single version of "(We Want) The Same Thing" is different than the original version found on ''

''. The intro of the single version includes chants of 'Hey!' repeated four times before a drum piece introduces the song. In the ''Runaway Horses'' album booklet, the lyrics listed for "(We Want) The Same Thing" vary from the actual version on the album but match the lyrics for the single version.

Track listings

US cassette single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" UK

CD single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer remix) # "

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" (Sandblast multi-mix) # "Shades of Michaelangelo" UK 12-inch single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (extended Summer remix) # "Circle in the Sand" (Sandblast multi-mix) UK and Australian 7-inch and cassette single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer remix) # "Shades of Michaelangelo" Japanese CD single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" # "Shades of Michaelangelo" # "(We Want) The Same Thing" (Summer remix) # "Shades of Michaelangelo" # "Circle in the Sand" (Sandblast multi-mix) Japanese mini-CD single # "(We Want) The Same Thing" # " Leave a Light On" (extended mix)

Charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:We Want The Same Thing 1989 singles 1989 songs Belinda Carlisle songs MCA Records singles Song recordings produced by Rick Nowels Songs written by Ellen Shipley Songs written by Rick Nowels Virgin Records singles