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| "You Can Get It If You Really Want" | ||||
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| Single by Desmond Dekker | ||||
| from the album You Can Get It If You Really Want | ||||
| B-side | "Perseverance" | |||
| Released | July 1970 | |||
| Genre | Reggae | |||
| Length | 2:44 | |||
| Label | Trojan | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Cliff | |||
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| Desmond Dekker singles chronology | ||||
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"You Can Get It If You Really Want" is a reggae song written and originally recorded by Jamaican singer songwriter Jimmy Cliff and released as a single in July 1970. Another version, recorded by Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker and released within a few weeks of Cliff's version, became a hit single in a number of markets, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]