| I Wanna Be Somebody | |
| Cover: | W.A.S.P._I_Wanna_Be_Somebody.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | W.A.S.P. |
| Album: | W.A.S.P. |
| B-Side: | Tormentor |
| Released: | 1984 |
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| Length: | 3:42 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Blackie Lawless, Mike Varney |
| Prev Title: | Animal (F**k Like a Beast) |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | L.O.V.E. Machine |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"I Wanna Be Somebody" is the first single from heavy metal band W.A.S.P.'s debut album W.A.S.P.
It was ranked at #84 in VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs.[2] The song's title is taken from an episode of Barney Miller, where Detective Ron Harris states that "God I Wanna Be Somebody" in a manner which Blackie Lawless found humorous.[3]