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| "Like to Get to Know You Well" | ||||
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| Single by Howard Jones | ||||
| from the album The 12″ Album and Dream into Action (CD release) | ||||
| B-side | "Bounce Right Back" | |||
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| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | WEA | |||
| Songwriter | Howard Jones | |||
| Producer | Rupert Hine | |||
| Howard Jones singles chronology | ||||
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| Music videos | ||||
| "Like to Get to Know You Well" on YouTube | ||||
| "Like to Get to Know You Well" (US version) on YouTube | ||||
"Like to Get to Know You Well" is a song by English musician Howard Jones released as a single in 1984. It reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and was subsequently included on his remix album The 12″ Album. It was later included as a bonus track on CD versions of Jones' second studio album, Dream into Action (1985).
The sleeve carried the motto "Dedicated to the original spirit of the Olympic Games" as the single was released at the start of the 1984 Summer Olympics. The extended version, subtitled "international remix", features Jones singing in English, German and French.
"Like to Get to Know You Well" was featured in the John Cusack movie Better Off Dead, as well as the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the in-game radio station Wave 103.
Two different music videos for the song were made. The first featured Jones walking around the streets of London greeting members of the public, accompanied by his bandmates of the time. Locations featured included the Sphinx statue and Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment, Trafalgar Square, and the Sun Luck Chinese restaurant on Macclesfield Street, Soho. When the single was released in the US, a new animated video was produced for that market.
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| Germany (GfK)[2] | 56 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[3] | 3 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 8 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 4 |
