You Can Win If You Want

"You Can Win If You Want"
Single by Modern Talking
from the album The 1st Album
Released13 March 1985
RecordedOctober 1984
GenreEuro disco
Length3:55
LabelHansa
Songwriter(s)Dieter Bohlen
Producer(s)
Modern Talking singles chronology
"You're My Heart, You're My Soul"
(1984) 		"You Can Win If You Want"
(1985) 		"Cheri, Cheri Lady"
(1985)
Audio video
"You Can Win If You Want" on YouTube

"You Can Win If You Want" is a song by German pop duo Modern Talking, released as the second and final single from their debut studio album, The 1st Album (1985). The single was released on 13 March 1985 and entered the top 10 in Germany on 13 May 1985.[1] After spending three weeks within the top five, the single reached the top spot, eventually going gold for sales in excess of 250,000 units in Germany alone.[1][2] The single peaked at number eight in France, where it also reached a gold status for sales of 500,000 units.[3]

The video for the song was shot at Bavaria Studios in Munich and directed by Michael Bentele.[citation needed]

Track listings

  • 7-inch single
  1. "You Can Win If You Want" (Special Single Remix) – 3:44
  2. "One in a Million" – 3:42
  • 12-inch maxi single
  1. "You Can Win If You Want" (Special Dance Version) – 5:19
  2. "You Can Win If You Want" (Instrumental) – 3:43
  3. "One in a Million" – 3:42

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "You Can Win If You Want"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[3] Gold 500,000*
Germany (BVMI)[2] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Offiziellecharts.de – Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  2. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; 'You Can Win If You Want')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "French single certifications – Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Select MODERN TALKING and click OK. 
  4. ^ "Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ^ "Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Top 3 in Europe". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 29/30. 29 July 1985. p. 7. OCLC 29800226.
  7. ^ "European Top 100 Singles". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 31. 5 August 1985. p. 8. OCLC 29800226.
  8. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Modern Talking". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 173. ISBN 978-952-7460-01-6.
  9. ^ "Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in French). Les classement single.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Modern Talking" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  11. ^ "Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Top 3 in Europe". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 46. 18 November 1985. p. 16. OCLC 29800226.
  13. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". The South African Rock Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  14. ^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. ^ "Modern Talking – You Can Win If You Want". Swiss Singles Chart.
  16. ^ "Modern Talking: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1985". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1985 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  20. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  21. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1985". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 4 August 2023.