<P> "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 . It was famously used in the 1972 film The Harder They Come . 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 . </P> <P> The UK's Jamaican origin reggae band The Cimarons released it as a single in 1974 . </P>

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