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Billy Squier — Everybody Wants You
Album: Emotions In Motion
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6.3

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Total ratings: 1021









Released: 1982
Length: 3:43
Plays (last 30 days): 0
You see 'em coming at you every night
Strung on pretension, they fall for you at first sight
You know their business, you think it's a bore
They make you restless, it's nothing you ain't seen before

Get around town, spend your time on the run
You never let down, say you do it for fun
Never miss a play, though you make quite a few
You give it all away, everybody wants you
Yeah

You crave attention, you can never say no
Throw your affections any way the wind blows
You always make it, you're on top of the scene
You sell the copy like the cover of a magazine, ooh

Putting on the eyes till there's nobody else
You never realize what you do to yourself
The things that they see make the daily reviews
You never get free, everybody wants you

Everybody knows you
Everybody snows you
Everybody leads you, needs you, bleeds you

Nights of confusion and impossible dreams
Days at the mirror, patching up around the seams
You got your glory, you paid for it all
You take your pension in loneliness and alcohol

Say goodbye to conventional ways
You can't escape the hours, you lose track of the days
The more you understand, seems the more like you do
You never get away, everybody wants you, ooh

Everybody wants you
Everybody wants you
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i knew this was coming up after the sterophonics tune. made sense/ nice segue. plus, same order earlier this week.  another repeat.

anyway, i remember this video very well and being amazed by his spaztic dancing. we should all feel as free as he looks dancing in this video. love this tune.
Sometimes you just need a bit of thick-eared, non-cerebral nonsense to blow the cobwebs out. This fits the bill.
So good
 Proclivities wrote:
 
I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc


1) Thank you for this picture! My day is complete now.

2) Those of us from Massachusetts are proud of our native son!

3) "Lonely is the Night" is a hell of a rocker!

That is all.
 Proclivities wrote:
 
I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc


OMG! I forgot all about Phoebe! Calm down my beating heart.
No. Just. No. I can't even appreciate this for the nostalgia of high school in 1982.
 jelgator wrote:

I'm just replying so this pic stays at the top of the comments section.  

Also, I like Billy Squier


Same, on both accounts.... 
I don't want to start a 'book club' or any thing, but the guy who gave us 'stroke me stroke me' we then get what I think is this wonderful line "you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol."

Mainly for me because I have never used the word 'pension' in a sentence and I really like it's use here.


I do think it would have been a little better if he had said 'you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol, and stroke, stroke.' but that's just me.
 Proclivities wrote:
 
I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc


Mrs Kevin Kline since 1989!
Has not aged well.
Thumbs up.  I like a bit of that throwback rock, and this isn't overplayed to the extent that stuff like "Eyes Without A Face" and "Careless Whisper" is.
 johnfiva wrote:

Sad but true. A lot of the people listening to this don't even qualify to rate it! 


What?
Oh no!

One of the very, very, very, very, few songs that really suck and is played on RP. 

 
Sad but true. A lot of the people listening to this don't even qualify to rate it! 
When this came out, it was severely overplayed on the radio, and I didn't like it. Now that I am old and senile, I like it! ...Especially in FLAC, W/ gear studio phones, amp & DAC!
 gregskrtic wrote:

This one gets a "10" just for the pic of Phoebe Cates!



Hehe. I liked her more when her hair was shorter.
This one gets a "10" just for the pic of Phoebe Cates!
 nickferrante10 wrote:

Summer of '82. I was 16. Met a girl at the beach who liked Billy Squier (from a previous album "Don't Say No"). Our one week romance ended with my vacation but when Billy Squier  came to the Capital Center later that summer I decided to go.  Billy was fun, his show was the first live music I had ever seen outside of a church.

He was a opening for Queen on their "The Game" Tour. That show made music become important to me. Freddie and Brain were unbelievable. The stage set with the walls of lights must have inspired the sets for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" I'll never ever forget that show.  All thanks to Mindy from the beach!




being 16 in '82 was awesome.
 ThirdRail_33 wrote:

I dunno....once in a great while it's just kind fun to hear this dumb sh*t again. Sort of like eating a Twinkie.



It depends on my daily mood whether I eat the Twinkie with you or not. He wasn't a bad guitar player but this song wore out pretty quickly back in its own day. Not RP-worthy for me tonight, but it seems like a lot of my fellow listeners welcome it as a guilty pleasure. 
I prefer Billy Squier's "Lonely Is the Night" even if I did think it was a rare unreleased Zeppelin song when I first heard it
 Proclivities wrote:
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

Lovely lass, isn't she ?
 gregskrtic wrote:
I totally agree--let's keep Phoebe at the top!!!!



 
Proclivities wrote:


 
up
danbacanskas395 wrote:
I can see how someone under 40 would rate this song low. But if you graduated high school in 1982, this song brings back a lot of great memories!!!!!
 
It probably isn't the under 40s rating this low — I'd bet it’s the over 65 crowd.  
 Proclivities wrote:There you go

 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

I totally agree--let's keep Phoebe at the top!!!!



 
Proclivities wrote:
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

Gawd. Loves me some Billy.
 Proclivities wrote:
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 
I'm just replying so this pic stays at the top of the comments section.  

Also, I like Billy Squier
God I love RP.  
Summer of '82. I was 16. Met a girl at the beach who liked Billy Squier (from a previous album "Don't Say No"). Our one week romance ended with my vacation but when Billy Squier  came to the Capital Center later that summer I decided to go.  Billy was fun, his show was the first live music I had ever seen outside of a church.

He was a opening for Queen on their "The Game" Tour. That show made music become important to me. Freddie and Brain were unbelievable. The stage set with the walls of lights must have inspired the sets for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" I'll never ever forget that show.  All thanks to Mindy from the beach!
Wow! Play anything from Don't Say No, please please please!
Everybody wants me.

I thought so.
 junebaby65 wrote:
Great to hear all tbe smug whining from the RP listeners. Billy had a nice Zep influence and a good voice.  I can't blame him that radio beat his songs to death.  The guy had some catchy songs back then. 
 

And, he used to cut his own hair...if anyone's interested in trivia. I always dug Squier, he really rocked with his own brand of music.
 Rockit9 wrote:
I saw him front for Journey back in the day & blew them away.
Great Arena Rocker!
 
Mountain Aire 1981.  Whoa!  That brings back some memories...
Cool riff, funny song, awesome campiness.  Perfect 7.  Why a 6?
 Proclivities wrote:
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

Note to self: put thumbnails of Pheobe Cates with my comments.
At first glance I was like "why is a picture of my wife on the RP song comment board?" and then remembered that she was a dead ringer for PC back in the day.  Lucky me!!

 
Proclivities wrote:
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

 jelgator wrote:
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
 

This Gif almost has the right BPM - and  yes, rocking all the way back to Humble Pie !!
I'm replying in hopes that the Phoebe Cates pic will duplicate.  Phoebe posters were hanging on my wall after I saw Fast Times At Ridgemont High in the 8th grade.  Thank you Dr. McDonald for lying to my parents and telling them we were going to E.T.
 diazo wrote:
Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc 
 

 mrtuba9 wrote:


Agreed.
 
right on, Junebaby!
I can see how someone under 40 would rate this song low. But if you graduated high school in 1982, this song brings back a lot of great memories!!!!!
 ooloncoluphid wrote:
I don't get the hate. It's a fun song.
 
Right on!
Love that beat!
I saw him front for Journey back in the day & blew them away.
Great Arena Rocker!


Ah, the good old days.  When I thought everybody wanted me.  
{#Bananajam}{#Drummer}
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana_2}
 junebaby65 wrote:
Great to hear all tbe smug whining from the RP listeners. Billy had a nice Zep influence and a good voice.  I can't blame him that radio beat his songs to death.  The guy had some catchy songs back then. 
 

Agreed.
Great to hear all tbe smug whining from the RP listeners. Billy had a nice Zep influence and a good voice.  I can't blame him that radio beat his songs to death.  The guy had some catchy songs back then. 
I don't get the hate. It's a fun song.
 jules44 wrote:
wtf? 

 
exactly.
Hahaha. I love it. 
I dunno....once in a great while it's just kind fun to hear this dumb sh*t again. Sort of like eating a Twinkie.
Normally the variety of RP is both a strength and a surprise. However, Billy Squier just sucks, and neither time nor perspective will change that.
wtf? 
 Grammarcop wrote:
This is why I became a fan of punk/new wave in the 1980s.

 
Yeah, and that "Stroke" song was even more putrid. 

I was really glad when he finally torpedoed his career with that video for "Rock Me Tonite"...
Ah...teenage years.  Remember blasting this song from my friends Chevy Beretta as the owner of the car tried pulling it out of the field we sunk in from crashing in the middle of his farm late one morning.  How we got there was altogether another story!

Squilly Bier...what fun!


This is why I became a fan of punk/new wave in the 1980s.
RADIO Paradise!
 diazo wrote:

Maybe the eighties did suck after all. 


I guess that would be true if this were the only song one knew from that decade.  I never liked this tune and always thought this guy was a hack, but there was a lot of outstanding music in that decade, and there was Phoebe Cates:
pc
{#Sunny} First time that I was hearing this song and I like it, it sounds old but it's still catchy. I'm surprised by the rather low ratings and the somehow negative comments. Maybe I'm missing some cultural background here ...
C'mon...this is one of the most buffoonish songs recorded and shows why the 1980s started the long and sad decline of RnR. 
Refreshing to hear something dumb and fun on a friday afternoon!
Holy bees knees, I haven't heard this since I was a wee teen.
 2008, ScottFromWyoming wrote:
Just gotta post a wtf. wtf.

  
wtf.
 
I didn't rate in in '08 but I'll give it a 2 now.
 
I saw him in 80 (!) open for Pat Benatar in Billings, MT. Was a pretty lame show overall but his drummer was good. Ugly, but good. 
 jocelynsart wrote:
haha! I loved this as a teen

 
Billy had some great rock songs back in the early 80's.  Caught him opening for Alice Cooper back in 1980!
 jhorton wrote:
Here's the video that basically ended his career. 

Choreography apparently by Richard Simmons?

 

Nope--the "Rock Me Tonite" video was directed by noted choreographer Kenny Ortega, best known for that schlocky High School Musical trilogy he unleashed on us.  And yes, the "Rock Me Tonite" video did do irreparable harm to Mr. Squier's music sales in the mid-80's.

But I read recently where today's hip-hop community have embraced the drum sound of early Squier records, with several hits sampling his music in the last few years.  He's laughing all the way to the bank these days, with no bad dancing required to cash the checks rolling in.








Reminds me of good times....{#Dancingbanana}

Every once in a while is appropriate
 Stephenater wrote:

OMG, I sure hope I didn't dance like that in the 80's!

 
Yes, you did. I have pictures. What are they worth?
Never need to hear this again.................ever.
 jhorton wrote:
Here's the video that basically ended his career. 

Choreography apparently by Richard Simmons?

 
OMG, I sure hope I didn't dance like that in the 80's!
 jmsmy wrote:
Billy Squier on RP.

Never thought Bill would play this - but I'm glad he did. 

 

I remember seeing Billy Squier as an opening act for Pat Benatar. My ears were ringing for day's {#Bananajam}
Billy Squier on RP.

Never thought Bill would play this - but I'm glad he did. 
haha! I loved this as a teen
I'm kind of surprised to hear this on RP, but I'm not complaining.  I loved this song back in the day.  Brings back good memories.
Jasus, make it stop Better bugger off and listen to my own stuff
flashback to junior high...can't decide yet if I want to go there
Can we get some Loverboy next?
Fun! Takes me back to jr. high. I had this 45.
 jhorton wrote:
Here's the video that basically ended his career. 

Choreography apparently by Richard Simmons?
 
Thanks a lot jhorton . . . I can never unsee those images . . . the horror, the horror . . .
 kcar wrote:
Not something I really had to hear again for any reason, but it was OK for the the short time time I heard it here. I know songs like this tick RPers off, but you have to give Bill and Rebecca this: they play a BROAD spectrum of music.

You're not going to like everything you hear on Radio Paradise—Yoko Ono I'm pretty sure is Enemy Number 1—but at least you're musically stretched and challenged. And prodded to remember some wonderful/awful things about the 80s or at least imagine them.

At least you're not hearing Britney Spears on RP...yet.


 
+1  yet another song I would never have in my collection, but hearing every few years works out great for me.  It does groove.  This tune was in heavy rotation on AOR stations right when I quit commercial radio, and fits with the classics is still enjoy (Zeppelin, The Who, Rush, etc.) that also featured into that format--and are mainstays of RP, too. 

As far as Britney Spears, I agree generally, but RP has--in the distant past--spun Madonna, and I wouldn't mind hearing more.  I equally enjoy Lady Gaga, and we could keep going but there's no need to invite more flames. 

Were charges brought against him for that?  {#Lol}  {#Arrowd}


Here's the video that basically ended his career. 

Choreography apparently by Richard Simmons?

 
Good lord I hate this song. And at the same time, the fact that it even got played is why I love RP so much...
Awful.  I was wondering who changed the station... 
Looks like Bill picked up on BabyM's comment. Cool!!!!
 rdo wrote:
Oh boy, Bill.  I love it!   More stuff like this!  {#Hungry}

 
Guilty.
Oh boy, Bill.  I love it!   More stuff like this!  {#Hungry}

If this had not been so over-played, people would be sreaming how great it is. 
Not something I really had to hear again for any reason, but it was OK for the the short time time I heard it here. I know songs like this tick RPers off, but you have to give Bill and Rebecca this: they play a BROAD spectrum of music.

You're not going to like everything you hear on Radio Paradise—Yoko Ono I'm pretty sure is Enemy Number 1—but at least you're musically stretched and challenged. And prodded to remember some wonderful/awful things about the 80s or at least imagine them.

At least you're not hearing Britney Spears on RP...yet.

diazo wrote:

Maybe the eighties didn\'t suck after all.





Fixed.

 ROSSinDETROIT wrote:

The worst kind of third rate cock-rock strut.  I hope I never hear this again.


 
You must have been happy when Billy Squier left the airwaves sometime in the mid-80's, and you thought you'd never have to hear his grating whine here.  But you thought WRONG!!!

Just be happy Aldo Nova hasn't been added to the playlist as well to make your early-80's nightmare complete.

P.S.-I hated this then & now as well...


 filmgeek65 wrote:


For the love of God, I stopped listening to Clear Channel radio specifically so I would never have to hear this shite again.

For the first time ever, I'm tempted to turn off RP. Please never play this again.



 
We'll forgive you this time 'cause you're a Phish fan in the 'Nati.{#Devil_pimp}


 ROSSinDETROIT wrote:
The worst kind of third rate cock-rock strut.  I hope I never hear this again.

 
I have to remember to use that: "third rate cock-rock strut".  I love that phrase! (love the song too by the way)

On the plus side, it does allow me to get some actual work done.  I'll never say that you shouldn't play something, but sometimes that is more of a challenge.

Maybe the eighties did suck after all.


The worst kind of third rate cock-rock strut.  I hope I never hear this again.
 filmgeek65 wrote:
For the love of God, I stopped listening to Clear Channel radio specifically so I would never have to hear this shite again.

For the first time ever, I'm tempted to turn off RP. Please never play this again.


 

Hey, sometimes an crazy, out of left field tune like this is just what we need!  Makes you laugh, and wonder what Bill is smokin'. A song like this makes me APPRECIATE RP even more!   Love it, Bill!  Keep up the great work! {#Roflol}
 Zapmedia wrote:
Well now we know Bill goes to Strip Clubs!  LOL.  Just kidding of course.  Not that I would know......

 

Actually I heard this last night on a promo for some cable show and thought "hey, why not?".  Holds up better than a lot of the "hip" stuff from that time period, IMHO.
 deepwoodskev wrote:

...on the Loop 97.9 here in Chicago!

 
Hey, the show's over at 2:30!  And where is the dancing cheese emoticon? 

Just gotta post a wtf. wtf.
Amazing! In the time it took me to go to the RP web site, 13 comments. Most of them expressing the same sentiment I have, i.e., very surprising but cool to hear this on Radio Paradise.
This is proof that you never know what you're going to get on RP. Long live RP!!!
For the love of God, I stopped listening to Clear Channel radio specifically so I would never have to hear this shite again.

For the first time ever, I'm tempted to turn off RP. Please never play this again.

Have this LP!  Used to jump around all over the house dancing to this album...the lyrics are actually quite good on this song...apropos just as the coke snortin', self-centered disco era was about to storm....
haha nice touch :D
Luv'n it!!
Oh yea! Cubicle boogie.{#Jump}
WOW!!! Billy Squier on RP? I thought I would only hear this on the Loop 97.9 here in Chicago!

Hahaha!

I didn't expect to hear this on RP!

 
Well now we know Bill goes to Strip Clubs!  LOL.  Just kidding of course.  Not that I would know......
Agreed.

stewliscious wrote:
Can't not turn this up when you hear it!




OMG, blast from the past... never thought I'd hear this on RP, but hey, what a jump for the workday!
Thanks Bill!  BTW, great new look to RP. 
Crickey! WTF with the Squire?

Wow is this a throw back!! Takes me waaaayyyyyy back.

Now the song doens't seem as good as it did back in 1982. :)
Awesome. Love some Billy Squire.
OMG!  Repent now, it's the apocalypse...

Can't not turn this up when you hear it!