Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

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"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
Song by The Smiths
A-side	"William, It Was Really Nothing"
Released	20 August 1984 (1984-08-20)
Recorded	Jam Studios, July 1984
Genre	Indie pop, alternative rock[1]
Length	1:50
Label	Rough Trade
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Producer(s)	John Porter

"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984 and later featured on the compilation albums Hatful of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs. It has been covered by numerous other artists.

The Dream Academy cover version[]

"Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
Single by The Dream Academy
Released	1985 (UK)
Recorded	1984
Genre	Rock
Length	3:09
Label	Blanco y Negro
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Producer(s)	David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes
The Dream Academy singles chronology
"The Love Parade" (1986) "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" (1985) "Indian Summer" (1987)

The Dream Academy covered "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" in 1985. This version peaked at #83 in the UK Singles Chart. An instrumental version of this cover was used in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986.

Track listing[]

Version one

1. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
2. "In Places on the Run"

Version two

1. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"
2. "The Party" (acoustic)
3. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" (instrumental)
4. "In Places on the Run" (edit)

Chart performance[]

Charts (1985)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[2]	83

Slow Moving Millie cover version[]

"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"
Single by Slow Moving Millie
from the album Renditions
Released	11 November 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Alternative
Length	3:09
Label	Island Records
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Slow Moving Millie singles chronology
"Beasts" (2009) "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" (2011)

English actress and songwriter Slow Moving Millie released a cover version of the song, adding commas to its title. It was released on 11 November 2011 as a Digital download from her upcoming debut studio album Renditions.^[3] Her version was selected as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2011 Christmas advertisement.

Music video[]

A music video, directed by Nicole Nodland,^[4] to accompany the release of Slow Moving Millie's version of "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" was released onto YouTube on 11 November 2011 at a length of three minutes and six seconds.^[5]

Track listing[]

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want"	2:51

Chart performance[]

Charts (2011)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)[6]	31

Release history[]

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	11 November 2011	Digital Download	Island Records

Other notable cover versions[]

• American Indie rock band The Halo Benders covered this song as a b-side for their 1995 single Don't Touch My Bikini.
• A cover by Elefant was included on the soundtrack for the 2005 Disney superhero movie Sky High.
• A cover by She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward) was included with the original version by the Smiths on the soundtrack for the 2009 movie (500) Days of Summer in which Deschanel starred.
• English rock band Muse covered the song, included in their 2001 EP Hyper Music/Feeling Good.
• American Indie band Starflyer 59 covered this song in their 2009 compilation Ghosts of the Past.
• American alternative metal band Deftones covered the song and initially included the cover as a track on the 1995 release of the single 7 Words. The cover was later included on Deftones’ 2005 compilation album B-Sides & Rarities and their 2011 cover compilation album, Covers.
• Hootie & The Blowfish also covered the song in their 2000 cover album Scattered, Smothered and Covered.
• American country singer Sarah Darling recorded a cover of the song for her 2017 album Dream Country.

In other media[]

The Smiths' original version was included on the soundtrack of the 1986 film Pretty in Pink.

References[]

External links[]

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics