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The song, which appears on the film's soundtrack album, was released on M.I.A.'s own label N.E.E.T. and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards. [ 15 ] Her third album, Maya , was released in 2010 and reached the top 10 in numerous countries, remaining her highest-charting album both in the UK and the US.
The album's first official single "Boyz" was released in June 2007, accompanied by a music video co-directed by Jay Will and M.I.A., becoming M.I.A.'s first top ten charting song. The single " Jimmy ", written about an invitation to tour genocide-affected regions in Rwanda that the singer received from a journalist while staying in Liberia, was ...
In 2012, Complex ranked the song at number six on its list of the best songs of the last ten years, commemorating the magazine's tenth anniversary. [150] On Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, "Paper Planes" placed at number 236 in 2011 and at number 46 in 2021.
"Bad Girls" first appeared on M.I.A.'s self-released mixtape Vicki Leekx (2010), shortly following the release of her third studio album Maya earlier that year. [5] Recording sessions for the song transpired in Miami, Florida; M.I.A worked with Danja, a producer who previously collaborated with recording artists such as Madonna and Nelly Furtado. [6]
The album also topped Billboard ' s Dance/Electronic Albums chart and reached the top five on two of the magazine's other charts. [118] Maya also entered the top 10 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [119] The single "XXXO" reached the top 40 in Spain and the UK, [112] [120] and "Teqkilla" reached number 93 on the Canadian Hot 100 on digital ...
The song's music video was nominated in the category "Best Dance Video" at the 2010 UK Music Video Awards. In 2011, NME ranked the song's music video number thirteen on the list of the 100 Top Greatest Music Videos ever made. It was listed number 2 on Time 's 2011 list of the "Top 10 Controversial Music Videos" ever made. [30]
"Bucky Done Gun" is the third single from musician M.I.A.'s album Arular. The song was composed in London in 2004 as one of the last compositions for her debut album and credited to Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Carol Conners, Bill Conti, Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, Ayn Robbins and Deize Tigrona.
"Borders" is a song by recording artist M.I.A. for her fifth studio album, AIM (2016). The track was written by M.I.A., Levi Lennox and Amish Patel, [4] and has been described as an electronic song incorporating such musical styles as hip hop and world music.