"Want To" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo

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. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from the album '' Enjoy the Ride''. It was their first single not to feature former member Kristen Hall. Although Jennifer Nettles had previously been featured on

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's Number One country hit, "

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", the song was the first regular Number One hit of Sugarland's career in the U.S., spending two weeks at the top of the ''

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charts in late 2006.

Content

The duo's members, Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, wrote the song along with

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. The song has a moderate tempo and is composed in the key of E-flat major. In a review for Country Standard Time, Dan MacIntosh wrote that "Want To" "reprises the sort of detailed storytelling that makes country songs memorable...It's nothing fancy, but it paints an immediate, unmistakable picture."

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writer Billy Dukes said that the song is about "yearning for a lover while trying to play it cool."

Critical reception

A review in the blog Country Universe was favorable, stating that it was a "Great song, as should be expected. Jennifer Nettles is quickly becoming one of country music’s most distinctive vocalists." Billy Dukes of Taste of Country ranked it number 95 on his 2012 list of "top 100 country love songs". The song has sold 856,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Personnel

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– electric guitar *Brandon Bush – organ * Kristian Bush – acoustic guitar,

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, background vocals * Dan Dugmore –

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*Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar *Tony Harrell –

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, organ *

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– drums, percussion * Jennifer Nettles – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals * Glenn Worf – bass guitar

References

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