Just What I Always Wanted


"Just What I Always Wanted" is a song by English singer Mari Wilson, released as a single in 1982. It is from her 1983 debut album Showpeople.
Robin Denselow on Just What I Always Wanted
"With 'Just What I Always Wanted' Mari Wilson found the perfect song to fit her image - emotional, slightly camp & sounding as if it might have been a Pop hit back in the early 60s. It was tongue-in-cheek but performed with deadpan panache, treated the same way Mari treats her stage uniform with her long gloves, jewellery & enormous beehive hairdo."

As Wilson's fifth single release, "Just What I Always Wanted" was her first UK top 40 hit, reaching No. 8 in October 1982. A hit in Ireland, the track also charted in Australia but failed to become a major hit there. Wilson had one subsequent single reach the UK top 40, the Showpeople track "Cry Me a River".

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