| Wanted | |
| Cover: | OneRepublic - Wanted.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | OneRepublic |
| Album: | Human |
| Length: | 2:16 |
| Prev Title: | Rescue Me |
| Prev Year: | 2019 |
| Next Title: | Didn't I |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
"Wanted" is a song by American band OneRepublic, released as the second single from their fifth studio album Human through Interscope Records on September 6, 2019. It was co-written by frontman Ryan Tedder with bassist Brent Kutzle, and Casey Smith, Tyler Spry and Zach Skelton.[1] On December 20, 2019, a new version titled "Wanted (String Mix)", was released, which features more string instruments.[2]
The music video was shown to Universal Music Group executives in Berlin in September 2019; it was noted for Tedder's dance performance.[3] On December 23, 2019, a performance video was released for the "String Mix", showing Ryan Tedder singing while the Colorado Symphony played.[4]
| Chart (2019–2020) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[8] | 78 | |
| Ireland (IRMA)[9] | 75 | |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[10] | 36 | |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[11] | 17 | |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 5 | |
| US Rolling Stone Top 100[13] | 95 |
| Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | September 6, 2019 | Original | Interscope | [14] | |
| Italy | September 13, 2019 | Contemporary hit radio | Universal | [15] | |
| Various | December 19, 2019 | TT Spry Remix | Interscope | [16] | |
| December 20, 2019 | String Mix | [17] |