You Want Love (Maria, Maria...)

"You Want Love (Maria, Maria...)"
Single by Mixed Emotions
from the album Deep from the Heart
ReleasedSeptember 1986 (1986-09)
StudioSound Studio N (Cologne, Germany)
Length
  • 3:59 (7-inch version)
  • 5:05 (extended version)
  • 3:46 (1999 version)
LabelElectrola
Songwriter(s)Drafi Deutscher
Producer(s)Drafi Deutscher
Mixed Emotions singles chronology
"You Want Love (Maria, Maria...)"
(1986)
"Bring Back (Sha Na Na)"
(1987)
Audio
"You Want Love (Maria Maria...)" on YouTube

"You Want Love (Maria, Maria...)" is a song by German pop music group Mixed Emotions. It was written, recorded, produced, and mixed by band member Drafi Deutscher. The song was released in September 1986 as the band's debut single and as the lead single from their first album, Deep from the Heart (1987). It became a hit it several European countries, peaking at number four in West Germany and topping the charts of Austria and the Netherlands; in the former country, it was the best-selling single of 1987. In 1999, the song was remixed and re-released but did not achieve success, stalling at number 71 in Germany.