"Want To," Sugarland

[tozion]

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This is the lead single from their sophomore album. I'm not sure if I like it as much as "Something More" and "Just Might (Make Me Believe)," but I like it a lot.

[duh5]

This is nice. I thought they broke up though.

[tozion]

Kristen Hall left, but Jennifer and Kristian are going on with Sugarland as a duo.

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tozion said:

Kristen Hall left, but Jennifer and Kristian are going on with Sugarland as a duo.

Oh okay, thanks.

[Robert J]

It's pretty, but nothing spectacular. That said, I'd be surprised if they were one album wonders.

[tozion]

MOST ADDED at Country with 52 adds.

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Now on iTunes.

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#20 on iTunes

Very nice for a country single.

[That Skipping Rope.]

LOVE this song now. Probably my favorite Sugarland single to date.

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Debuts at #41 on the Hot 100.

[duh5]

Pitchfork gives it four stars:

The set-up for Sugarland's new single is a big night for a young couple: "I packed a cooler and a change of clothes/ You've got my heart and your daddy's boat." You know where it's heading (the song, and the boat), and you're right. But with her strong voice and intuitive phrasing, Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles-- obviously not suffering the loss of singer/songwriter Kristen Hall from the group's fold-- makes the attraction between girl and boy very palpable and the conflict between mature self-denial and romantic abandon very real. The song's power is in her delivery, in moments like the slight hesitation when Nettles sings, "We got all night to make it...float." And she tears into the exclamatory chorus like she's ripping off a shirt (hers or his, doesn't matter), toying delicately with the meaning of "I don't want to if you don't want to": It's an ultimatum, and an invitation.

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'WANT' ADDS UP: Back in 2005, Sugarland's first two singles peaked at No. 2 on "Hot Country Songs." "Baby Girl" spent two weeks in the runner-up spot and the follow-up, "Something More," spent five heartbreaking weeks in second place. The next three chart entries didn't fare as well, with none reaching higher than No. 7, the peak position for "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" in February. But now, two years and five months after making their chart debut, Sugarland is sitting at the summit at last. "Want To" (Mercury) glides 2-1 to finally give the duo the top rung.