Do You Want To


"Do You Want To" is the lead single for Franz Ferdinand's second album, You Could Have It So Much Better. It was released 19 September 2005 and charted at number four on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, the song had the most success on the Modern Rock chart, where it peaked at number nine, while reaching number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached the top spot on the UK Indie Chart. In February 2006, the single was certified Gold by the RIAA.
The video, directed by Diane Martel, was released on 23 August and was played every hour on MTV2 on the day it debuted.

Reception

It was named the Sound Opinions single of 2005. It also came 10th in Triple J's hottest 100 for 2005. On Q's top 100 Indie Anthems Ever it was placed on number 43, Q also named it the greatest single of 2005.
Pitchfork Media ranked the song at number 342 in their list of the Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s.

Track listings

7"
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Get Away"
  3. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
CD
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Your Diary"
Maxi-CD
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Fabulously Lazy"
  3. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
  4. "What You Meant"
12"
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Do You Want To"
Brazil CD
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Your Diary"
  3. "Fabulously Lazy"
  4. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
  5. "Get Away"
  6. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
2011 Digital reissue
  1. "Do You Want To"
  2. "Your Diary"
  3. "Fabulously Lazy"
  4. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
  5. "What You Meant"
  6. "Get Away"
  7. *Lead vocals: Nick McCarthy and Alex Kapranos
  8. "Do You Want To"
  9. "Do You Want To"
  10. "Do You Want To"

    Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Usage in the media

The song has appeared in many commercials and trailers, such as Fun With Dick and Jane, Daddy Day Camp, Good Luck Chuck, DualDisc Intro, and New Girl. The song was featured as the ending theme song to the anime series Paradise Kiss, as well as being used on children's TV channel, CBeebies. The song was also used for Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, and is now available as downloadable content for the video game Rock Band. Also appear on the Soundtracks of
Top Spin 3.
It was also played in the beginning of the episode "Bad Beat".
This song was featured in Steve Aoki's, "Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles."