Because I Want You

{{Infobox song

| name = Because I Want You

| cover = Because I Want You.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Placebo

| album =

| released = {{start date|2006|3|6|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=4 March 2006}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 3:21

| label = Virgin

| writer = {{flatlist|

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| producer =

| prev_title = Twenty Years

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Song to Say Goodbye

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{album ratings

| rev1 = Hot Press

| rev1score = favourable{{cite web |url=http://www.hotpress.com/Placebo/music/reviews/singles/Because-I-Want-You/2853006.html |title=Because I Want You | Music Review | Single | Hot Press |last=Cummins |first=Steve |date=3 March 2006 |website=Hot Press |accessdate=4 July 2016}}

}}

"Because I Want You" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo, released as the first UK single from their 2006 album Meds – in territories outside the UK, the single was substituted by "Song to Say Goodbye".

Release

In the UK, it peaked at number 13 in the UK Singles Chart,{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Because+I+Want+You |title=Because I Want You {{!}} Album Search {{!}} Official Charts |publisher=Official Charts Company |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428015220/http://www.officialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Because+I+Want+You |archive-date=2014-04-28}} staying in the charts for three weeks. It was the band's final top 20 hit to date. The song was also the first Placebo single to be given a download release with a track unavailable on the various physical releases.