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Pitchfork ranked it number 10 on its year-end list. SPIN ranked the song at #9 on its The 20 Best Songs of 2010, and PopMatters placed it at #2 on its The 60 Best Songs of 2010. Rolling Stone named 'Tightrope' the eighth best single of 2010 in its year-end list. On June 25, 2011, she performed 'Tightrope' along with other songs at Glastonbury Festival.

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released as a free download) for 7 days (beginning July 13, 2010) to promote the release of her album, The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III). In the UK, the song was the 'Single of the Week' on iTunes (i.e. MonГЎe performed the song on the Late Show with David Letterman on May 18, 2010, The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 26, Lopez Tonight on May 27, Last Call with Carson Daly on May 28, and on Dancing with the Stars on September 28. We wanted to keep it raw and funky-just having it in an insane asylum made it that much cooler to me.' The video references experimental filmmaker Maya Deren's iconic 1943 film, Meshes of the Afternoon. A lot of the greats were admitted into this place, like Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. Monae talked about the video, saying, ''Tightrope' takes place at the Palace of the Dogs. In the music video she portrays an inpatient that possesses the power to walk through walls and later she catches the 'crazy/dancing feet' with her friends. The music video was directed by director Wendy Morgan. Monae released the video on March 31, 2010. And after Big Boi struts on in and rhymes 'NASDAQ' with 'ass crack', she ups the ante, rhyming 'alligators' with 'rattlesnakers,' 'another flavor,' and 'Terminator.' It's just a star performance all around, and God knows we need those lately.' Music video Pitchfork went on to explain 'But when the chorus hits, she switches up into a classic soul-singer wail, the type of immediate retro yowl that keeps Sharon Jones in fancy shoes. The song has also been compared to singer Amerie's track ' 1 Thing', and Monae was likened to Katharine Hepburn for her vocals on the track. Pitchfork Media note that the tracks sped up alien backing vocals are the only thing that keep the theme of sci-fi and of the future. 'Tightrope' features futuristic, space themes however, it has also been described to feature 'serious old-school entertainer bona fides'.

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So we both felt it was important to kinda help those everyday working people who are constantly dealing with life's obstacles, by giving them like a tutorial on how to deal with issues face-on.' Composition

Which is something that, as artists, Big Boi and I could both relate to, because there are so many peaks and dips along the journey of just being an artist on the road to success.

Speaking in May 2010 to UK urban writer Pete Lewis, deputy editor of Blues & Soul, Monae discussed the background to the song: ''Tightrope' is basically dealing with how in life it's important to keep your balance and not get too high or low about things during the time when you're either being praised or being criticised.