The song, written by Tim Lawson and Pam Sheyne, was issued on Rolins' studio album What You See Is What You Get in 1996.
The song then became a hit single in 1998 when English singer turned actress Billie covered it.
[2] The first CD includes two cover songs as B-sides—"It Takes Two" by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston and "Last Christmas" by Wham!—while the second contains various mixes of "She Wants You" plus an interactive element.
reviewer Rob O'Connor compared "She Wants You" to 1970s era disco music and wrote that the song is "greeting-card pop" with "factory beats designed for great dancing".
[8] Heather Phares, in a review for Allmusic, called the song an "upbeat dance-pop tune" that "captures [Billie's] youthful energy and exuberance".