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“Want You Back” by Haim
“Want You Back” by Haim appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2017 and 2025. Its best result is #30 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #72 alternative song of 2017.
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"Want You Back" led the way into Haim's second album, Something to Tell You, as its first single on May 3, 2017, and it began life as a much slower song. Este Haim remembers the early version as a mellow acoustic-guitar number, and it stayed that way for a long time, until the band sensed it wasn't working and the fix turned out to be pushing it 30 beats per minute faster. Alana says the speed made the harmonies harder to land but made the song sound like Haim.
They wrote it with Ariel Rechtshaid, who co-produced it and was dating Danielle Haim at the time. Danielle sings lead as someone pleading with an ex she pushed out the door, over pop rock with a warm 1970s tint.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 44 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2017 | 104 |
| 2017 | 30 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 47 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 359 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 669 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 320 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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