Montero (Call Me by Your Name)

"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" is a song by American rapper and singer Lil Nas X. It was released on March 26, 2021. A longer version of the song, named "Satan's Extended Version", was released on March 29, 2021.

"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
Single by Lil Nas X
from the album Montero
ReleasedMarch 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)
RecordedJune 2020
Genre
Length2:17
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Take a Daytrip
  • Omer Fedi
  • Roy Lenzo
Lil Nas X singles chronology
"Holiday"
(2020)		 "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
(2021)		 "Sun Goes Down"
(2021)
Music video
"Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" at YouTube

The song became Lil Nas X's second number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 after "Old Town Road" (solo or with Billy Ray Cyrus).[2]

Music video

A music video for the song was shot in two days in February 2021.[3] It features Nas X himself in different biblical scenes.[4] This also includes the artist stripteasing to Hell.

The video for the song received complaints due to its content, depicting Lil Nas X twerking on a person dressed as Satan. Conservatives from the United States stated that the content of the video was "immoral" for children.[5]

References
  1. "BMI Songview Search". Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI). Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  2. Wood, Mikael (6 April 2021). "'I hope my haters are crying': Lil Nas X's 'Montero' debuts at No. 1 on Hot 100". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. "Lil Nas X on His Provocative New Video for "Montero"". 29 March 2021.
  4. "Lil Nas X Shares Unabashedly Queer Video for 'Montero (Call Me by Your Name)'". Rolling Stone. 26 March 2021.
  5. "Decoding the Symbolism of Lil Nas X's 'Montero' Video". Time. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
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