Get What You Want

Summary

"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"
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
LabelVirgin
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" 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 edit

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 edit

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

Release history edit

Region Date Ref.
Australia 29 October 2007 (2007-10-29) [8]
United Kingdom 17 February 2008 (2008-02-17) [9]

References edit

  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. 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. ^ "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.
  9. ^ [1] [dead link]