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“Ghost Town” by Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor
From the album ye (2018) Featuring PartyNextDoor
“Ghost Town” by Kanye West featuring PartyNextDoor appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 2018 on the album ye. Its best result is #98 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #365 alternative song of 2018.
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"Ghost Town" was cut for Kids See Ghosts, Kanye West's joint album with Kid Cudi, until West moved it over to his own eighth album, ye, just before that record arrived on June 1, 2018. He produced it with Mike Dean, Francis and the Lights, Benny Blanco and Noah Goldstein, stitching it together from samples of the Royal Jesters' "Take Me for a Little While" and Shirley Ann Lee's "Someday", with the chorus borrowing from Dave Edmunds's recording of the former.
It's hip-hop with rock in its bones and a woozy, psychedelic haze hanging over it. PartyNextDoor and Cudi carry the intro and chorus, West's verse sounds like a mind coming apart at the seams, and 070 Shake storms the outro, belting about going numb. Critics singled out that finale, and Consequence and NME both counted it among 2018's best songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 98 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
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