Song · M.I.A.
“XXXO” by M.I.A.
From the album /\/\ /\ Y /\ (2010)
“XXXO” by M.I.A. appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2010 and 2011. It was first released in 2010 on the album /\/\ /\ Y /\. Its best result is #7 on the Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #170 alternative song of 2010.
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M.I.A. led off her third album, Maya, with "XXXO" in 2010, and the lead single is a bright, uptempo synth-pop come-on with something stranger underneath: a melody drawn from Tamil folk music, flecks of techno and tribal music, and marching-band percussion. She wrote it with Blaqstarr and Cherry Byron-Withers, Blaqstarr and Rusko produced, and Ben H. Allen mixed. Lyrically it's about how a sex symbol gets built, and about love conducted online.
She directed the video herself after first hiring Hype Williams, stuffing it with GIFs, leopard imagery and nods to MySpace and YouTube. NME ranked it the second-best track of 2010, and it climbed to 26 in the UK, her best showing there after "Paper Planes".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2010 | 95 |
| 2010 | 7 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 80 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2011 | 33 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 | 111 |
Also listed as: Xxxo.
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