History Main / IWantSong

** The title song in ''Music/{{Alice}}'' is a very creepy version of this, as it's sung by Creator/LewisCarroll, who knows [[NoYay exactly what he wants]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGoXtSw0Ias "Part of Your World"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Keal_UfT6o reprise]] is arguably the most iconic scene from the entire movie.

** Possibly deconstructed in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXs8OS6EdAE "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"]]. It's an "I Want" Song sung by someone who knows he's destined to get what he wants by birthright, and is being an immature egotist about it. Which contrasts with his reluctance in adulthood to come back.

*** Also from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' we get ''Mine Mine Mine'', which gives us an I Want for both the Villain, who desires gold, and the Love Interest, who just wants adventure.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EYVepDBAC0 "Go The Distance"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}''.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiLOVazwnWM "Reflection"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm3ijOVsraA "A Girl Worth Fighting For"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
*** And in the sequel, there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdUIUmxpxr8 "I Want To Be Like Other Girls"]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DfTzlHte3U "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"]] and from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''. It was made by John Rzeznik of The Goo Goo Dolls.

* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWaJSQU7GpY "On My Father's Wings"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_iRdgGZ6Xc "Somewhere Out There"]] from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' plays with this, as the singers know exactly what they want - to be reunited - but have no idea how to get there. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82oVuAZIZUs "Dreams to Dream"]] in the sequel, plays it more straight.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndThePea'' has Wide Open World which is probavly the most basic I Want Song ever written.

* The {{Franchise/Barbie}} movies have several well-written I Want Songs. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1hn0XUwxBQ "Free"]] from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper'' is an I Want Duet between the titular characters, showing that though they're living completely different lives they share the same dream - to be free of the responsibilities thrust upon them.

* ''WesternAnimation/CareBearsWelcomeToCareALot'' has "Care Hugs," which is about Wonderheart Bear wanting her belly badge to work and learn what power it has.

* Subversion in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Wizard of Odd".
-->'''Buford:''' I WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNT nuthin'.
** Since ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has songs about OnceAnEpisode, there are naturally other examples. For example, the same special also gives us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vswgc1H-KA&feature=related "I Want To Be Cool"]].

* Overlapping with VillainSong, Mojo Jojo sings one in the vein of [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 "Part of Your World"]] in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Rule''.

* "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Music/{{Foreigner}}.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': the first opening theme for both the Japanese and Western releases (which are completely different songs) fall in this category, reflecting on Ash's desire to become a Pokémon master.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': the first opening theme for both the Japanese and Western releases (which are completely different songs) fall in this category, reflecting on Ash's desire to become a Pokémon master. (Granted, pretty much every theme in the American version is an "I Want" song, but the first one sets the trend.)

* ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'' sometimes has this type of song be the first one of an episode, one example being "I Want A Pet Today" from the episode "Bubble Puppy".

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': the first opening theme for both the Japanese and Western releases (which are completely different songs) fall in this category, reflecting on Ash's desire to become a Pokémon master.

* "Here We Go" by Giants of Industry, notably used in the ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}} Anthem Video'', is about an adventurer wanting something that will make him powerful.
-->I want it want it\\
And I gotta have it\\
Na na na na na na na!\\
Oh... here we go!

* Who could forget "Tomorrow" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''?

* A version where the person singing is neither the Villain nor the protagonist is found in ''Film/YoungFrankenstein TheMusical'' in the song "Please Send Me Someone".

* Non-musical example: Music/{{REM}}'s "The Great Beyond" from ''Film/ManOnTheMoon''. Specifically, it's an I Want Song for Creator/AndyKaufman.

* In ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' this is parodied [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg when a barber breaks into song about his dream of becoming a lumberjack]].

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' has "Waiting on a Miracle" for Mirabel; the song is about her sadness about everyone in the family being powerful but herself and wanting to be seen and accepted as an equal.

** Arguably, some of the verses from A Rumor in St. Petersburg are this for Dimitri and Vlad. They're singing about how soon all their troubles will be over and they're going to get rich...by tricking an old woman into believing she's been reunited with her dead granddaughter.

* "In My Dreams" and "Journey to the Past" are about Anya's desire to go to Paris and reconnect with her long-lost family in the stage musical ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}''

** Parodied in "My Fair Laddy". When Lisa asks Groundskeeper Willie if he wants a better lot in life, Willie sings, "All I want is a place somewhere." Then everything stops, as that was all he wanted. Bart suggests aiming higher, leading into a longer song, "Wouldn't It Be Adequate?", where Willie would like such things as his shack repaired, matching shoes, and underwear for when he's wearing a kilt.

* ''Theatre/HolyMusicalBatman'' has "Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight," which eventually morphs into this trope as Franchise/{{Batman}} sings about how he just wants to be "somebody's buddy." {{Superman}} and Franchise/GreenLantern join in as well, [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]] the fact that [[spoiler: they also join the Super Friends at the end of the musical.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEOFQAJAcss "Out There"]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.

** Another song from the same fic is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf_yh7HDQGw "Javert"]] (a parody of "[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Out There]]") where Spike expresses his desire to play the role in ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.

** "Success" is this for Tateh, however it is brutally subverted as the end of the number reveals what Tateh actually got for his trouble.

* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' has "What I Want To Be", which the kids sing about what they want to be when they grow up.

** Cassandra has "Waiting in the Wings", as she expresses being always sidelined and overshadowed and hopes to one day prove her worthiness and come out on top. She later gets an even more [[Tearjerker tear jerking]] song in the reprise, sung from the perspective of both Cassandra and her younger self, waiting for her mother to show love to her.