Get What You Want

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"Get What You Want"
GetWhatYouWant.jpg
Single by Operator Please
from the album Yes Yes Vindictive and Cement Cement EP
B-side
  • "Waiting by the Car"
  • "Icicle"
  • "Zero, Zero"
Released29 October 2007 (2007-10-29)
Length3:52
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Amandah Wilkinson, Tim Commandeur, Sarah Gardiner, Ashley McConnell, Taylor Henderson
Producer(s) Simon Barnicott
Operator Please singles chronology
"Just a Song About Ping Pong"
(2007)
"Get What You Want"
(2007)
"Leave It Alone"
(2007)

"Get What You Want" is a song by Australian band Operator Please. The song was first recorded in 2006 and featured on the band's second Extended Play Cement Cement . The song was re-recorded and released in Australia on 29 October 2007 as the second single their debut album, Yes Yes Vindictive . The song peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

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"Get What You Want" was one of the 100 most-played songs on Australian radio network Triple J during the year of its release, [1] and has also been used in television ad campaigns for Australian National Youth Week and airline Virgin Blue. [2]

Track listings

Australian CD single [3]

  1. "Get What You Want" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "Icicle" – 2:47
  3. "Get What You Want" (Wolf & Cub remix) – 6:02

Australian iTunes single [4]

  1. "Get What You Want" (Album version) – 3:54
  2. "Zero, Zero" – 3:05

UK CD single [5]

  1. "Get What You Want" (album version) – 3:54
  2. "Waiting by the Car" – 3:01
  3. "Get What You Want" (UK music video) – 3:57

UK iTunes single [6]

  1. "Get What You Want" (Album version) – 3:54
  2. "Get What You Want" (G.L.O.V.E.S. remix) – 3:54

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 27

Release history

RegionDateRef.
Australia29 October 2007 [8]
United Kingdom17 February 2008 [9]

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