Song · Lil Nas X
“Thats What I Want” by Lil Nas X
From the album MONTERO (2021)
“Thats What I Want” by Lil Nas X appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2021. It was first released in 2021 on the album MONTERO. Its best result is #29 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #165 alternative song of 2021.
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Lil Nas X's debut album, Montero, yielded "Thats What I Want" as its fourth single, which Columbia issued on September 17, 2021, and it finds the rapper swerving into pop rock with a power-pop sparkle, singing about the love he wants. He wrote it with its four producers, Ryan Tedder, Omer Fedi, KBeaZy and Blake Slatkin, and reviewers liked what they heard, with more than one reaching for Outkast, and "Hey Ya!" in particular, as a comparison.
Stillz directed the video, in which he falls for a football player, with a Billy Porter cameo and a tip of the hat to Brokeback Mountain. He debuted it live on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, and it went top ten in many countries, the US and the UK among them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 | 100 |
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