Released: March 14, 1989

Songwriter: Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt

Producer: Mack

[Refrain]
Do you want to play?

[Verse 1]
Ring around the rosie
Hopscotch, Monopoly
Red light, green light
G.I. Joes and Barbies
Hide and seek, kick the can
Cowboys and Indians
Wiffle ball, paper dolls
Hacky sack and hangman

[Refrain]
Do you wanna play with me?

[Verse 2]
Tag, you're it, cops and robbers
Jungle gym, chutes and ladders
Tic tac toe, Mister Rogers
Marco Polo, London bridges
(Simon Says), steal the bacon
Time out, trick or treat
Electric company
(Olly, olly, oxen free)

[Refrain]
Do you wanna play with me?
With me

[Chorus]
Do you (Do you)
Wanna
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)
Do you (Do you)
Wanna (Do ya, do ya wanna)
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)

[Verse 3]
Spin the bottle, post office
Kiss and tell, dressin' up
Playin' doctor, peek-a-boo
Two hand touch, cooties
Little League, Looney Tunes
Scissors, rock, paper, zoom!
Kick ball, stick ball
(Kill the guy with the ball)

[Refrain]
Do you wanna play with me?

[Verse 4]
Ah, buckin' up, recess
Jump rope, relieveo
See saw, sand box
Matchbox, cheerios
(ABC's, spelling bees
Sesame Street, hockey)
(Duck) Duck (Duck) Duck
(Duck) Duck, goose

[Refrain]
(Do you wanna play with me?) Do you wanna play with me?
With me? (with you?)

[Chorus]
Do you (Do you)
Wanna
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)
Do you (Do you)
Wanna (Do ya, do ya wanna)
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)
Ah ah ah

[Bridge]
Jack and Suzie, sittin' in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love, then comes marriage
Then comes Adam in a baby carriage

[Chorus]
Do you (Do you)
Wanna
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)
Do you (Do you)
Wanna (Do ya, do ya wanna)
Play?
Play with me (Play with me)

[Outro]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah

Extreme

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.