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“Intro”, a simple, two minute instrumental song is easily The xx’s most popular song. As of August 2017, it’s their most streamed song on Spotify, racking up over 200 million streams. Notably, Rihanna sampled it for one of her songs, BBC used it as the soundtrack for their 2010 election coverage, and it was used in the coverage of many TV shows, including Law and Order.
In 2017, Spotify released a list of the top 10 songs most frequently appearing in user-created “Sex” playlists globally. Intro appeared on the list, making it — by the standards of Spotify users — one of the sexiest songs in the world.
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- 1.Intro
- 2.VCR
- 3.Crystalised
- 4.Islands
- 6.Fantasy
- 7.Shelter
- 8.Basic Space
- 9.Infinity
- 10.Night Time
- 11.Stars
- 12.Hot Like Fire
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Keyboards
Bass Guitar
Guitar
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Recorded At
XL Studio (London, UK)
Release Date
August 14, 2009
Songs That Sample Intro
Intro (Me and You) (Demo) by Brandon Tan & The xx, Flashback by Cartoon (Ft. Elina Born), Project T by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & Sander van Doorn, свобода это гетто (freedom is ghetto) by макулатура (makulatura) (Ft. Лёха Никонов (Lyokha Nikonov)), EARTH FORCE by MIKE DEAN, Trop vite by Kekra, Intro (XX Booty Mix) by Sander van Doorn, Romance by Skizzy Mars, The Beginning by L Jinny, Sekrenta Operacija by Kurwa Matj, One Foot Out the Door by Mike Posner, GAMBA by BROCKHAMPTON, Ikarus by Chakuza (Ft. David Asphalt), The XX Intro by Yungg S, Pezzi di me by Coez (Ft. Martina May), Lumiere by Blue Scholars & Drunk on Love by Rihanna
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