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“Do You Want To” by Franz Ferdinand

From the album You Could Have It So Much Better (2005)

“Do You Want To” by Franz Ferdinand appears on 34 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2005 and 2022. It was first released in 2005 on the album You Could Have It So Much Better. Its best result is #10 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 2005, #2,165 alternative song of all time and #175 of the '00s.

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"Do You Want To" kicked off the second round for Franz Ferdinand, the lead single from You Could Have It So Much Better, the Scottish band's 2005 follow-up, and it arrived with a smirk on its face. Rich Costey produced it with the band and mixed it, and the writing is credited to all four of them: Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson.

It's a sugar-rushed art-school stomp, all jabbing guitars, a four-on-the-floor kick you can't argue with and a chant-along chorus built for dance floors as much as radio. The whole band struts through it like a gatecrasher who knows exactly how charming he is. It's poppier and brasher than the debut, and it doesn't apologize for it.

It went to number four in the UK and number nine on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, crept onto the Hot 100 at 76, and went gold in America by February 2006. Diane Martel directed the video, which MTV2 aired every hour on the day it premiered.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 77 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 18 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 27 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 106
2005 15 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 27 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 16 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2005 107
2005 43 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 11 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 57 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 58 CHOI Radio X Quebec City, QC CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005 98
2005 52 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 32 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2005 50
2005 38 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2005 230
2005 31 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 103
2005 10 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 100
2005 65 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 21 CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 91
2005 62 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400
2006 82 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2006 106
2006 93 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2006 101
2006 19 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2006 89
2006 64 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2006 102
2006 94 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2005 281 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2006 476 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 758 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 972 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 984 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1019 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1052 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1044 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 739 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 1069 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 164 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907

Also listed as: Do You Want To?; Do You Want to.

Charting alongside it in 2005

Best songs of 2005 →
  1. 1Best of YouFoo Fighters
  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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