Run It Back!

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"Run It Back!"
Run It Back Craig Xen XXXTentacion.jpg
Single by Craig Xen and XXXTentacion
from the EP Broken Kids Club
ReleasedJune 11, 2019
Recorded2017
Genre
Length2:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • DJ Patt
  • STAIN
XXXTentacion singles chronology
"Bad!"
(2018)
"Run It Back!"
(2019)
"Royalty"
(2019)
Craig Xen singles chronology
"Stain"
(2018)
"Run It Back!"
(2019)

"Run It Back!" is a song by American rappers Craig Xen and XXXTentacion. The song was released as a single for Craig Xen's 2019 EP Broken Kids Club. [4] It was produced by DJ Patt and STAIN. It is the last single released by Craig Xen before his retirement.

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Background

"Run It Back!" was first previewed in November 2017. Craig Xen described the track and part of XXXTentacion's "half-blonde era" when X had his previous split dye hairstyle in July 2016 to September 2017, just two months before the preview for "Run It Back!". [1] [5] [6] The song was leaked online on May 26, 2019 and was released officially as a single on June 11, 2019. Billboard described the single as a screamo track. [1]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Genius. [7]

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