You Can Get it If You Really Want - Wikipedia You Can Get it If You Really Want This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) `` You Can Get It If You Really Want '' is a famous late rocksteady song written and performed by the Jamaican reggae singer songwriter Jimmy Cliff. A version was recorded by Jamaican singer Desmond Dekker, becoming a hit in its own right as a single released in a number of markets, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. It was classified as number 27 on the 1970 Year - end Chart in the UK. Covers The UK 's Jamaican origin reggae band The Cimarons released it as a single in 1974. The song has been covered by a great number of artists including by Italian pop singer Sabrina ( Sabrina Salerno ) in her 1991 album Over the Pop and by Stiff Little Fingers on their 1999 album Hope Street where the song is retitled `` You Can Get It ( If Yu Really Want It ) ''. French singer Johnny Hallyday sang it in French under the title T'as le bonjour de l'amour released on his album Hollywood in 1979. In popular culture The Jimmy Cliff song was famously used in the 1972 film The Harder They Come. In 1990, the song was used in the cd `` Sebastian from The Little Mermaid '' as most of the songs were performed by Samuel E. Wright as Sebastian the crab. Wright also performed this version in Sebastian 's Caribbean Jambore. The Jimmy Cliff version was used in the soundtrack of the 1997 film Speed 2 : Cruise Control. Cliff version was used as a musical number in the inaugural episode of the British television musical comedy drama serial Blackpool whereas the Desmond Dekker version was also used in the soundtrack of the 2010 British film Made in Dagenham. Appearances Jimmy Cliff included his own version of the song on his 2004 compilation album Reggae Night. The Dekker version on the other hand was included in the triple - disc compilation album released Now That 's What I Call Reggae in June 2012. This 1970s song -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can_Get_It_If_You_Really_Want&oldid=808608704 '' Categories : 1970 songs Jimmy Cliff songs Desmond Dekker songs 1970s song stubs Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from September 2017 All articles lacking sources All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 3 November 2017, at 23 : 09. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote you can get it if you really want
Answer: Jimmy Cliff