"I Want Action" is the third single from Poison

Poison (band)

Poison is an American glam metal band that achieved great success in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s. To date, Poison has sold over 30 million records worldwide and have sold 15 million records in the United States alone. The band has also charted ten singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100,...

, originally from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In.

The song was released as a single in 1987 on the Enigma label of Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

, and peaked at number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. "I Want Action" was followed by the hit "I Won't Forget You".
The video-clip for the song had a really strong appearing at MTV

MTV

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, being one of the best videos of 1987 in MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

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Albums

"I Want Action" is on the following albums.

• Look What the Cat Dragged In
• Swallow This Live
  Swallow This Live
  Swallow This Live is the first live album by American glam metal band Poison, released in 1991 through Capitol Records. The album peaked at #51 on The Billboard 200...
  
  (live version)
• Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
  Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996
  Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986–1996 is the first greatest hits compilation CD from the Glam Metal band Poison. The album was released on November 26, 1996 by Capitol Records...
  
  
• Power to the People
  Power to the People (Poison album)
  Power to the People is a music album from the American rock band Poison, released on June 13, 2000 on the band's independent label, Cyanide Music. It marked the return of the original lineup, together for the first time since 1991's Swallow This Live with the return of C.C...
  
  (live version)
• The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
  The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock
  The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock is a compilation album from the American rock band Poison, released to celebrate the band's 20 year anniversary. It has sold more than 1 million copies to date in the U.S as of September 2009....
  
  
• Look What the Cat Dragged In - 20th Anniversary Edition

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	50