Get What You Want

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"Get What You Want"
Single by Operator Please
from the album Yes Yes Vindictive and Cement Cement EP
B-side	"Waiting by the Car" "Icicle" "Zero, Zero"
Released	29 October 2007 (2007-10-29)
Length	3:52
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.

"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 (2007-2008)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA) [7]	27
UK Indie (OCC) [8]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Ref.
Australia	29 October 2007 (2007-10-29)	[9]
United Kingdom	17 February 2008 (2008-2-17)	[10]

References

1. "Get What You Want (Operator Please)". JPlay. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
2. "Virgin Blue Airlines: Todd's Life". Ads of the world. Retrieved 21 August 2007.
3. "Home - Herald Sun Hit". Heraldsunhit.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
4. "Australian iTunes CD Single". archive.today. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
5. "Get What You Want". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
6. "iTunes Single". Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
7. "Operator Please – Get What You Want". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
8. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
9. "The ARIA Report: ARIA New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 29th October 2007" (PDF). ARIA. 29 October 2007. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2008.