"Do You Wanna Be?" is a song by Australian band I'm Talking. It was released in May 1986 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, Bear Witness. The song peaked at number 8 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's highest charting single and second top ten single. An instrumental version of the song was featured in a flat party scene in the 1988 film For Queen and Country.
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards, Kate Ceberano was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Video.
The song's composer and band's guitarist, Robert Goodge, stated: "Shannon's "Let the Music Play", "Give Me Tonight" and Fonda Rae's "Touch Me" [were] the main influences, but we added in a harmonic structure that was reminiscent of something Chic might do."
Track listing 7" Single (K 9925) Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10 Side B "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
12" Single (X 13252) Side A "Do You Wanna Be?" (Extended) - 5:15 Side B1 "Do You Wanna Be?" - 4:10 Side B2 "Do You Wanna Be?" (instrumental) - 4:10
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1986)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)8scope="row"
Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position Australia (Kent Music Report) 73
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