Bills (song)

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"Bills"
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Single by LunchMoney Lewis
from the EP Bills
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2015
Recorded2014
Genre
Length3:25
Label
Songwriters
ProducerRicky Reed
LunchMoney Lewis singles chronology
"Bills"
(2015) 		"Whip It!"
(2015)
Music video
"Bills" on YouTube

"Bills" is the debut single by American rapper LunchMoney Lewis. The song was released on February 5, 2015, by Kemosabe Records and Columbia Records.[2] The song was recorded in 2014 and produced by Lewis himself, alongside Rickard Göransson, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and the song's producer, Ricky Reed. The track is a hip-hop, soul, and jazz record, and is lyrically about Lewis doing anything to provide for his family, such as paying bills.

Upon its release, the single was commercially successful, peaking at number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also topped the charts in Australia, the Czech Republic, and Scotland, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium (Flanders), New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. It would additionally be certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and 3× Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (RIAA) for equivalent sales of 500,000 and 210,000 units respectively.

The song was promoted with a music video, which was released on the 20th of February, 2015. The video, directed by Emil Nava, currently has over 102,000,000 views and 1,000,000 likes as of 2025. An extended play (EP) of the same name was released on the 21st of April, 2015,[3] featuring the track alongside three others, including the track "Mama", which peaked at number 41 on the Pop Airplay chart in the United States.

Background and composition

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Lewis discussed the song's conception: "Ricky played the beat and that just started the idea. I sang 'I got bills' and he just popped up off his chair. It was like a chain reaction. Ricky doesn't really get excited about much. I don't either because we write so much, so it's hard to gauge but there was a good feeling. We were writing about things people can relate to, which is fun. It's all truthful."[4]

Described as a novelty song, "Bills" features "elements of hip-hop and soul, with a ragtag, jazz sound".[1] The song has a tempo of 126 beats per minute, and is in the key of F major. The song was written by Lewis himself, alongside Rickard Göransson, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, and Ricky Reed, the latter also producing the track.

Music video

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A music video to accompany the release of "Bills" was first released onto YouTube on February 20, 2015. The video is directed by Emil Nava.[5]

Track listing

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Bills – Single
No.TitleLength
1."Bills"3:25

EP

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Bills – EP
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bills"
Ricky Reed3:24
2."Mama"
Reed3:24
3."Love Me Back"
Reed3:00
4."Real Thing"
  • Joe London
  • Reed
3:41
Total length:13:29

Credits and personnel

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Credits from ASCAP.[6]

  • Eric Frederic – composer
  • Rickard Göransson – composer
  • Jacob Kasher – composer
  • Gamal Lewis – composer
  • Ricky Reed – producer, programmer, recording engineer
  • Drew Kapner – recording engineer
  • Kyle Mann – recording engineer
  • Alex Gruszecki – assistant engineer
  • John Hanes – mixing engineer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer

Charts and certifications

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Release history

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Country Date Format Record label
Worldwide[45][46][47][48] February 5, 2015 Digital download Kemosabe Records
United Kingdom[49] May 10, 2015

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