What You Wanted (song)

What You Wanted is a song recorded by American band OneRepublic for their third studio album Native (2013). It serves as the fourth track on the 2013 standard edition and fifth of the 2014 re-release. It was written and produced by Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle.

Release
A 01:32 snippet of "What You Wanted" was unveiled on the OneRepublicVEVO YouTube channel on March 6, 2013. The full song was released with the album Native on March 22, 2013.

Background
A video explaining the story behind What You Wanted was posted on OneRepublicVEVO's YouTube channel on March 25, 2013. In the video Tedder explains howWhat You Wanted was the first song to be written for the album Native. The band found some analog synths which they had never used before in any of their music and played around with them, creating the melody for the song. It is one of Tedder's favourite tracks on the album, and credits the song with paving the way for the rest of the album.

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Native Table