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"Still Want You"
Single by Brandon Flowers
from the album The Desired Effect
ReleasedApril 13, 2015
Recorded2014 at
Battle Born Studios
( Winchester, Nevada)
Genre Electropop [1]
Length3:15
Label Island
Songwriter(s)Brandon Flowers
Producer(s) Ariel Rechtshaid, Brandon Flowers
Brandon Flowers singles chronology
" Can't Deny My Love"
(2015) 		"Still Want You"
(2015) 		" Lonely Town"
(2015)
Music video
Official Music Video on YouTube

"Still Want You" is the second single by American singer-songwriter Brandon Flowers from his second studio album, The Desired Effect. [2] [3]

Composition

The song reflects on seemingly negative trends in the world (aging, rising crime, climate change, nuclear distress, global disasters) and rebuffs them with the line "I Still Want You". [4] [5] It is ostensibly about staying together. [6]

Music video

In promotion of the video, Flowers's YouTube channel released a series of clips titled "Keys", "Bass", "Drums", "Vox", and "Strings". [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

The black and white music video was directed by Warren Fu (Daft Punk, The Killers, Haim). [12] [13] [3] [14] The video portrays Flowers and two backup singers in black and white dancing and singing. [6] [5] [2]

Reception

Critical

Billboard gave the song a positive review remarking that, "[t]his song is awesome . . . When the call and return chorus of Flowers' hook is answered by the high-pitched choral voices, "Still Want You" kicks into another gleeful gear." [13] Stereogum called it a continuance of "the creative renaissance that the Killers frontman seems to be going through with his new solo album, The Desired Effect." [15] Gigwise said of the track, "Flowers delivers on his promise to give us something a bit different, yet it remains just as great as his previous offerings have been." [16] DirectLyrics wrote, "The first single was amazing but this new song is just ‘instant’, quite catchy at moments, and evidently a whole more radio-friendly than its predecessor." [14]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Still Want You" Brandon Flowers Ariel Rechtshaid3:15

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
SPIN United States The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far [17] 2015
48

References

  1. ^ Solomon, Kate (May 18, 2015). "Brandon Flowers – The Desired Effect". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Soto, Alfred (April 1, 2015). "Brandon Flowers Proclaims His Undying Love in 'Still Want You' Video". Spin.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "NME News Brandon Flowers reveals full version of new song 'Still Want You'". Nme.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Vozick, Simon (April 3, 2015). "Brandon Flowers on Solo 'Desired Effect': 'I'm Not Holding Back'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Watch Brandon Flowers' 'Still Want You' Video". Popcrush.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Bacle, Ariana. "Brandon Flowers debuts 'Still Want You' video". EW.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  7. ^ "KEYS". YouTube.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  8. ^ "BASS". YouTube.com. March 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "DRUMS". YouTube.com. March 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  10. ^ "VOX". YouTube.com. April 7, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "Strings". YouTube.com. April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  12. ^ Taylor, Kim. "PREMIERE: Here's the Slick New Brandon Flowers Video for "Still Want You" | NOISEY". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "The Killers' Brandon Flowers Shares 'Still Want You' Video". Billboard.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Brandon Flowers – "Still Want You" [Music Video Premiere]". Directlyrics.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  15. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 1, 2015). "Brandon Flowers – "Still Want You" Video". Stereogum.com. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  16. ^ "Brandon Flowers unveils new video for 'Still Want You'". Gigwise.com. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  17. ^ "The 63 Best Songs of 2015 So Far". June 3, 2015.
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