Song · Deborah Harry
“I Want That Man” by Deborah Harry
From the album Def, Dumb & Blonde (1989)
“I Want That Man” by Deborah Harry appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 1989. It was first released in 1989 on the album Def, Dumb & Blonde. Its best result is #13 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 1989 and #189 of the '80s.
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"I Want That Man" kicked off Def, Dumb & Blonde, Deborah Harry's third solo album, in 1989, and it came with a quiet rebrand: the first record to carry her full first name instead of Debbie. The song itself came from Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of the Thompson Twins, and Bailey produced it with Eric Thorngren, handing Harry a glossy, strutting pop-rock vehicle to purr all over.
It opens with a name-check of the actor Harry Dean Stanton, a fascination Currie and Harry had long shared, and Chris Stein chips in extra guitar. Mary Lambert directed the video, and the single went to number 2 in Australia and on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, with top-20 showings in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 44 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
| 1989 | 35 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 | 90 |
| 1989 | 13 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
Also listed as: I Want that Man.
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