"Sexodus" is a song by English rapper M.I.A. from her fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2013). It is written by M.I.A. alongside British record producer Switch, Doc McKinney,

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, and The Weeknd are also credited due to a sample of The Weeknd's song "Lonely Star" from his mixtape '' Thursday''. The album version of the song was noted for its "striking" similarities to a different song from the album, "Exodus". However, the single version features War Syntaire and was labelled as being "Re-Loaded With War". Before the track was recorded by M.I.A., she offered the song to

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. The song was originally titled "This Exodus", before the "Thi" was deleted and M.I.A. kept the typo. M.I.A. performed the song live during her 2013–14 Matangi Tour.

Track listing

;Digital download # "M.I.A.'s Sexodus Re-Loaded With War" – 4:54

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Matangi''. * M.I.A. – vocals * Hit-Boy – production * War Syntaire – production, guitar * Haze Banga – engineering; co-production; mixing * Geoff Pesche – mastering

Release history

References

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