"Desperado" is a mid-tempo with deep synths that discuss about a someone "on the run", either literally or metaphorically. She struggles in their relationship and wonders whether she can run away with him or if she will get left behind. The beat on the song is an interpolation of the background vocals on BANKS' "Waiting Game". Praised for its Western themes, "Desperado" became Rihanna's fifth #1 of 2017, seventh from ANTI and 32nd total topper on Dance Club Songs, second to Madonna's 46.

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