"I Wanna Be Loved" (from the 1933 version of the 1931 revue Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt) is a popular song with music by Johnny Green and lyrics by Edward Heyman and Billy Rose, published in 1933.

Recorded versions

The song is a standard, with many recorded versions:

• Billy Eckstine - Passing Strangers
• The song was included in the 1934 Vitaphone short "Mirrors" featuring Fred Rich and his Orchestra. It was sung by Vera Van in a scene where she dresses in an evening gown.
• The song was included in the 1934 Vitaphone Broadway Brevities short feature "The Song of Fame" sung by Ruth Etting in a nightclub scene.^[1]
• The song was recorded by The Andrews Sisters in 1950. Their version became a #1 hit in the U.S., and was the trio's final #1 hit.^[2]
• The song was recorded by Russell Garcia (on his 1958 album The Johnny Ever Greens), starring Sue Allen on vocal.
• I Wanna Be Loved was the title track of an album by Dinah Washington with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra in 1962.
• Grant Green plays on the song on his 1963 album Am I Blue.
• George Maharis covered the song on his 1963 album Just Turn Me Loose!.
• Ann-Margret recorded the song for her 1963 album Bachelors' Paradise and again on her 1966 album Songs from The Swinger (And Other Swingin' Songs)
• Dean and Jean recorded the song in 1964 (U.S. #91).^[3]
• Mina covered the song on her 1969 album Mina for You.
• Jex Saarelaht and Kate Ceberano recorded it on their album Open the Door - Live at Mietta's (1992).
• Maria Muldaur performs the song on her 1999 album Meet Me Where They Play the Blues.
• In 2009 Mark Isham & Kate Ceberano recorded a version for their Bittersweet album.
• Kirby Lauryen performs a cover in the background of the club scene in Season 2, Episode 2 "A View in the Dark" of Marvel's Agent Carter.
• Elaine Dame covered this on her You're My Thrill album (2014)

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