- Get What You Want
Infobox Single
Name = Get What You Want
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Operator Please
Album =Yes Yes Vindictive and EPCement Cement
A-side =
B-side = "Waiting by the Car"
"Icicle"
"Zero, Zero"
Released =October 27 ,2007 (Australia)February 17 ,2008 (UK) [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=272335828&s=143444]
Format =CD single ,digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Rock,alternative rock ,hard rock , dance rock
Length = 3:52
Label =Virgin Records
Writer = Amandah Wilkinson, Tim Commandeur, Sarah Gardiner, Ashley McConnell and Taylor Henderson.
Producer = Simon Barnicott
Certification =
Last single = "Just a Song About Ping Pong "
(2007)
This single = "Get What You Want"
(2007)
Next single = "Leave It Alone"
(2007)
Misc ="Get What You Want" is a song by
Operator Please and is the second single released inAustralia onOctober 27 ,2007 and the third in the UK onFebruary 17 ,2008 from their debut album, "Yes Yes Vindictive ". [ [http://www.operatorpleaseband.com/home/ Operator Please ] ] It debuted at number 40 on the ARIA Singles Chart onNovember 5 , before later peaking at number 27. The song was used byVirgin Blue airline for its television advertising campaign in 2007.Music video
Two music videos for "Get What You Want" were released in the UK and Australia. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWEeWBGMaWs&feature=related Music video] ]
In the Australian music video it features all band members in a cartoon-like setting, singing and dancing as hands and skeletons chase each other. The second music video was released in the UK, and was shot while the band was on tour. The music video film was lost and the band had to re-film the music video. [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=251661876 Operator Please Tour Diaries (In Episode 3). They film the video and they mentioned it being lost.] The video begins with members playing their instruments in a white room with taped black sheets on the wall and a speaker on the side. Wilkinson begins singing through a megaphone, while intercut scenes of the band members show them dancing in the background while Wilkinson sings in front of them. It also shows various scenes of each member playing separately, the band singing under an umbrella and on the floor.
Track listings
;UK CD single [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0012RCMME Amazon.co.uk: Get What You Want: Operator Please: Music ] ]
# "Get What You Want" (album version) - 3:54
# "Waiting by the Car" - 3:01
# "Get What You Want" (UK music video) - 3:57;UK
iTunes single [ [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=272734306&s=143444 iTunes Single] ]
# "Get What You Want" (Album version) - 3:54
# "Get What You Want" (G.L.O.V.E.S. remix) - 3:54;Australian CD single [ [http://www.heraldsunhit.com.au/product/get_what_you_want_1599958_240152.html Australia CD Single] ]
# "Get What You Want" (album version) - 3:53
# "Icicle" - 2:47
# "Get What You Want" (Wolf & Cub remix) - 6:02;Australian
iTunes single [ [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=266097122&s=143460 Australian iTunes CD Single] ]
# "Get What You Want" (Album version) - 3:54
# "Zero, Zero" - 3:05Charts
References
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