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“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” by The Dream Academy
Released 1985
“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” by The Dream Academy appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1985. Its best result is #817 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,598 alternative song of all time.
The Dream Academy's "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" started life as a Smiths song, tucked onto the B-side of "William, It Was Really Nothing" in 1984, written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey. Marr wrote the music in waltz time as a deliberate contrast to that fast, short A-side, chasing the eerie longing he heard in Del Shannon's "The Answer to Everything".
The Dream Academy's cover was produced by David Gilmour and Nick Laird-Clowes, and it found its way onto the big screen: an instrumental take on their version plays in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, from 1986.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 817 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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