michael martin murphey wrote if she knew what she wants.
who wrote if she knew what she wants?
michael martin murphey
"if she knew what she wants" is a song written by american singer-songwriter jules shear and introduced on his 1985 album "the eternal return". all-female band the bangles recorded the song for their 1986 album "different light" which version - a call/ response rendition with susanna hoffs as main voice - was issued as a single to become a top 40 hit. a midtempo ballad sung from the viewpoint of someone "who wants to satisfy someone else but doesn't quite know how to do it because the other person is capricious", "if she knew what she wants" is typically described - especially as a bangles' number - with such adjectives as "bittersweet", "plaintive" and "wistful".
if she knew what she wants
similar in style to the lead "different light" single "manic monday", "if she knew what she wants" was issued as follow-up single in april 1986 while "manic monday" - whose hot 100 peak was #2 - was still cresting: debuting at #80 on the hot 100 dated 10 april 1980 - which ranked "manic monday" at #18 -"if she knew what she wants" would begin to lose momentum after reaching #50 in its third charting week, stalling at #29 on the hot 100 dated 12 july 1986 in the final week of a five week top 40 tenure ("if she knew what she wants" would spend a total of ten weeks on the hot 100).
if she knew what she wants