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I Want Action

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B-side
  
1 Bad Boy

Recorded
  
1986

Released
  
May 20, 1987

Length
  
3:05

Format
  
7 inch vinyl, CD single

Genre
  
Glam metal, heavy metal

"I Want Action" is the third single from heavy metal band Poison, originally from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In.

Contents

The heavy metal song was released as a single in 1987 on the Enigma label of Capitol Records, and peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. "I Want Action" was followed by the top 20 Billboard hit single I Won't Forget You.

Albums

"I Want Action" is on the following albums.

  • Look What the Cat Dragged In
  • Swallow This Live (live version)
  • Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
  • Power to the People (live version)
  • The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
  • Look What the Cat Dragged In - 20th Anniversary Edition

    • Uses in Media

  • Featured during the opening credits of the 2003 comedy film Pauly Shore Is Dead.
  • Featured in the 2009 indie dramedy Adventureland (film).

    • References

    I Want Action Wikipedia
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