Mariah recorded “Want You” for the Glitter movie soundtrack, released in 2001. The song is a duet with singer Eric Benét, who plays Rafael in the movie. “I did it with Jimmy [Jam] and Terry Lewis,” Mariah told BBC. “Since they did all The S.O.S Band, Alexander O'Neal, Cherrelle — all those records that I loved growing up — I said, ‘Guys, can we do something very S.O.S Band but new?’ Because they have the same synthesizers from back in the day, they've got the same reverb plates that they used, nobody can recreate that unless they loop it. But we did a track that's classic Jam and Lewis. If you listen to that, it's very much, ‘Is that an S.O.S. Band record?!’ ”
It's just the way I want you baby
Oh so bad
It's just the feeling that comes over me
I had a crush on you
Painstakingly I
Would conceal the truth
You probably always knew
But I was timid like a child
Inhibited and way too shy
I'd glance but then avert my eyes
All twisted up in my desire
But I am not that girl today
Ain't a lot of time for games
I've waited and I've waited now
It's time for me to tell you
'Bout the way
It's just the way I want you baby
Oh so bad
Every night and everyday
Must we hesitate
It's just the feeling that comes over me
I cannot alleviate
Please don't make me wait
It's just the way I want you baby
Oh so bad
Every night and everyday
Baby I
Was so into you
Now I wonder why
I never pursued
You the way I wanted to
Kiss me and touch me and
Immerse your love in mine
I'll keep unraveling
As we explore our fantasies tonight
(Tell me what you like)
(Now show me what you like)
It's just the way I want you baby
So bad
Every night and everyday
Must we hesitate
It's just the feeling that comes over me
I cannot alleviate
Please don't make me wait
Repeat
Written by Mariah Carey, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, James Wright.
Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and Mariah Carey.
