Really Wanna Know You

"Really Wanna Know You" is a 1981 song by Gary Wright that was a hit single in the U.S., reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1] It was taken from the album The Right Place. The song spent 17 weeks on the chart and became Wright's third biggest U.S. hit. It was his final charting single.

"Really Wanna Know You"
Side A of the US single
Single by Gary Wright
from the album The Right Place
B-side	"More Than a Heartache"
Released	July 1981
Genre	Pop, synth-pop, soft rock
Length	4:15
Label	Warner Bros. 49769
Songwriter(s)	Gary Wright Ali Thomson
Producer(s)	Gary Wright Dean Parks
Gary Wright singles chronology
"Touch and Gone" (1978) "Really Wanna Know You" (1981) "Heartbeat" (1981)

Billboard ranked "Really Wanna Know You" as the No. 96th biggest hit of 1981. In Canada, the song reached No. 14.^[2]

A music video was also produced for the song, which depicts Wright in a dream-like setting which includes in a bedroom with a mysterious woman, and a futuristic junkyard full of trash and shopping carts, among other items.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts Chart (1981) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 49 Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 14 New Zealand[5] 39 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 16 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] 32 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock 17 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 19 U.S. Record World 23

Year-end charts Chart (1981) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] 96