About this song
- "Savage" is a song by rapper-songwriter Megan Thee Stallion. It was released on March 6, 2020, on Megan's third EP Suga. The song was written by the artist with Bobby Sessions, Akeasha Boodie, and producer J. White Did It. It went viral on video-sharing app TikTok, with people performing the "Savage" dance challenge during the song's chorus. The remix of Savage featuring Beyoncé was surprise-released on April 29, 2020, and included on Megan's debut album Good News (2020). "Savage Remix" was met with widespread critical acclaim with praise for Megan and Beyoncé's chemistry and various delivery styles, as well as for fully transforming the song with new verses. The original version reached #14 for the week ending on May 2, 2020. Following the release of the remix in the middle of the tracking week, the song jumped 10 spots to #4 the following week, aided by the remix's sales and streams. After a full tracking week, the remix climbed to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated May 16, 2020, behind Doja Cat's "Say So Remix" featuring Nicki Minaj and becoming Megan Thee Stallion's highest-charting song and Beyoncé's 19th top 10 entry on the Hot 100 as a lead artist. This marked the first time in Hot 100 history 4 black women occupied the top 2 spots of the Hot 100. The song topped the Hot Rap Songs chart the same week, becoming both Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé's first #1 on the chart. The track also topped the Streaming Songs chart, receiving 42.1 million US streams, up 53% from the previous week. Due to the strong sales and streams that the remix received in its first full week, Megan Thee Stallion's Suga EP reached a new peak of #7 on the Billboard 200, with 39,000 equivalent-album units moved for the chart dated May 16, 2020. Savage Remix reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the tail end of May 2020, becoming Megan Thee Stallion's first and Beyoncé's seventh #1 single as a solo artist, and eleventh including songs with Destiny’s Child. Beyoncé became the second act in history after Mariah Carey to top the Hot 100 in 4 decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s) when including group chart appearances. The song also topped the Digital Songs chart the same week, selling 30,000 downloads, up 55% from the previous week, becoming Megan Thee Stallion's first and Beyoncé's eighth #1. The remix placed at #15 on the Billboard year-end list for 2020. According to engineer Eddie "eMIX" Hernandez, Megan did the song "on the spot", in under an hour. Hernandez explained the recording process: "The collaboration was going on at the same time. We were building as the song was forming. While he [producer J. White Did It] was laying down the snares and the kicks, she was writing to the skeleton of the beat. Once he had the production all ready and sent it over to me, she was ready to go. She had all her writing done. Her recording? She knocks them things out." White said that "it didn't take me more than 10, maybe 15 minutes tops" to produce the record. White described "Savage" as a "godsend", adding: "That song came out of the air man, it came out of the air from God... It was a gift. And straight away, I told her, 'This is going to be a number one record, watch.' When you know, you know." The remix was critics' second-best song of 2020, with publications such as The New York Times, Slate, and The Ringer placing the song at number one on their year-end lists. The remix received two awards at the 63rd Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. It was also nominated for Record of the Year. The "Savage" dance challenge was created by TikTok user Keara Wilson, whose viral clip racked up 15.7 million views and 2.4 million likes by March 20, 2020. Wilson posted her video for five days continuously, until it started going viral; on March 16, Megan posted her own video, as well as videos of her fans and celebrities performing the challenge. The challenge involves people completing a "quick and energetic" choreographed dance. "Savage" was the most-played song on TikTok for March 2020, accumulating more than 7.5 billion views for the month. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Savage" is a song by American rapper-songwriter Megan Thee Stallion. It was released on March 6, 2020, as part of her EP Suga and later sent to US contemporary hit radio on April 7, 2020, by 1501 Certified Entertainment and 300 Entertainment as the third single from the EP. The song was written by the artist with Bobby Sessions, Akeasha Boodie, and producer J. — wikipedia
Chart history
Peak position and weeks on chart across Australian community countdowns.
| Chart | Peak | Most recent | Weeks on |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIA Top 50 Singles | #4 | 2020-08-17 (#44) | 20 |
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- Megan · film
