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If You Wanna
Cover:IfYouWanna1.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Vaccines
Album:What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?
Released:18 March 2011
Recorded:2010
Genre:Post-punk revival, power pop, indie rock, surf punk
Length:3:02
Label:Columbia Records
Producer:Dan Grech-Marguerat
Prev Title:Post Break-Up Sex
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:All in White
Next Year:2011

"If You Wanna" is the third single by English indie rock band the Vaccines, from their debut album What Did You Expect from The Vaccines? The single was released in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2011. The single debuted at number fifty-three on the UK Singles Chart upon release in March 2011, peaking at number thirty-five in April 2012.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "If You Wanna" was first released onto YouTube on 23 February 2011; at a total length of two minutes and fifty-five seconds.[1] The music video has accumulated over 10 million views, their highest viewed video on the website to date.

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2011)Peak
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UK Singles (OCC)[2] 53
Japan (Billboard Hot 100)[3] 40
Chart (2012)Peak
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Chart (2014)Peak
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In popular culture

It is included on the soundtrack for the video game Major League Baseball 2K12. In 2012 it was used in the adverts for Series 3 of Made in Chelsea and in June of that year, it was used in adverts for Rimmel London. Spanish beer Estrella Damm, Catalonia's largest beer brewer, used the song in their Summer of 2014 TV campaign, making this song achieve success in the Spanish music charts, peaking at number 9 position in the PROMUSICAE Top 50 Songs.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKjI6395iU The Vaccines – If You Wanna
  2. Web site: The Official Charts Company – Vaccines – If You Wanna . Official Charts Company.
  3. Web site: Chart Search Results – Japan Hot 100 Singles 2011-06-11 . https://archive.today/20240526033300/https://www.webcitation.org/69kN3f5Fz?url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart-search-results/singles/11966038 . . 7 August 2012 . 26 May 2024 . dead .