I Want It to Be Real

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| genre = Latin freestyle, synth-pop, electro

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| label = Beggars Banquet Records

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I Want it to Be Real is a 1984 dance single by John Rocca, lead vocalist and founder of the London-based dance group Freeez. It charted day number one on the dance charts.{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=220}}