2011Released
2:54

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Having first been released as British indie rock group The Vaccines' original demo on YouTube, this song was re-recorded and issued as the third single from their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

The Vaccines' singer and chief songwriter Justin Young explained the song to NME: "As with a lot of the lyrics on the record, I've tried to be as direct as possible. Sometimes when you want to say something it's best to not be too clever about it. The lyrics are pretty defeatist, maybe even slightly pathetic. But we've all been there. I wanted us to have a song with really downbeat lyrics juxtaposed with a poppy and upbeat melody."

Kate Moss jams along to this song with The Vaccines in an advertisement for a new Rimmel lipstick designed by the supermodel. Young later recalled to NME regarding the filming of the commercial: "It was quite surreal. It was in a very bright white room so it felt a bit like we were dreaming."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of If You Wanna.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
165BPM

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Columbia
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