On “Wanted You,” NAV teams up with Lil Uzi Vert for a melodic, catchy song all about girls, money, and relationships ruined by cheating. It is featured on NAV’s debut studio album, RECKLESS (2018), and was released on November 3, 2017, coinciding with NAV’s 28th birthday.

NAV and Uzi have collaborated two times on NAV and Metro Boomin’s collaborative mixtape, Perfect Timing, on the tracks, “NAVUZIMETRO#PT2” and “A$AP Ferg”.

The song’s cover art was posted out-of-the-blue in a now-deleted post on NAV’s Instagram on November 1, 2017, two days before the song’s release, foreshadowing the date of release along with the cover art. He captioned it:

Wanted you ft. my brother @liluzivert out this Friday Nov 3rd my b-day! 🎂🎂🎂 from my new album coming soon!

On December 8, 2017, a short music video from the NAV’s full verse to the second half of the Uzi’s full verse was released. On January 12, 2018, an animated video of the full song was released.