"I Want You" is the 11th song from the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rock band Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

's self-titled, debut album

Third Eye Blind (album)

Third Eye Blind is the eponymous debut for the American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind, originally released on April 8, 1997. It spawned several singles, including top 10 charting "Semi-Charmed Life", "Jumper", and "How's It Going to Be"....

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While it wasn't released as a single or included on A Collection, it remains a fan favorite and is played frequently in concert, significantly more often than such popular singles as "Anything

Anything (Third Eye Blind song)

"Anything" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind, written by vocalist Stephan Jenkins. It is the first track on, and first single from, the band's 1999 album Blue. It is also the band's only single to not appear on their greatest hits compilation A Collection....

", "10 Days Late

10 Days Late

"10 Days Late" is a song by the American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. Written about an unexpected pregnancy, it was the third single released from the band's 1999 album Blue. It peaked at #21 on the Alternative Songs chart. A music video was shot for the single.-Background:"10 Days Late"...

" and "Blinded

Blinded

"Blinded" is a song by Third Eye Blind from their album, Out of the Vein released in 2003. As a single, the song was titled "Blinded " and peaked at #35 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks of that year. This would be Third Eye Blind's last charting single to date....

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In 2001, Alana Davis

Alana Davis

Alana Davis is an American singer-songwriter. Her father, Walter Davis, Jr., was an African-American pianist who played alongside such jazz greats as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie....

 cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

ed the song on her LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 Fortune Cookies, and Elektra Records (also Third Eye Blind's record label) released it as a single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

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While the song wasn't popular outside of Third Eye Blind's fanbase, it remains one of Davis's most popular songs and her version has gotten significant radio-play.