Skrt
| "Skrt" | ||||
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| File:Kodak Black - Skrt.jpg | ||||
| Single by Kodak Black | ||||
| from the album Heart of the Projects | ||||
| Released | December 25, 2014[1] | |||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | Dollaz N Dealz | |||
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| Producer | SkipOnDaBeat | |||
| Kodak Black singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Skrt" on YouTube | ||||
"Skrt" (stylized in all caps; pronounced "skirt") is a song by the American rapper Kodak Black. It was released in December 2014 and is the third single from his mixtape, Heart of the Projects (2014). It was produced by SkipOnDaBeat. In October 2015, the song helped Kodak Black gain recognition, when a video of the Canadian rapper Drake dancing to it went viral.
Background
[edit | edit source]The single was released on December 25, 2014, and a music video for the song was released on October 19, 2015.[2] Four days later, on October 23, 2015, Drake posted a video on Instagram of him dancing to the song in his private jet.[3] The video became popular, leading to Kodak Black achieving national popularity.[4]
Composition
[edit | edit source]Elias Leight wrote in The Fader that the song's beat "combines a stream of percussion and a few floating keyboard notes", and noted "fierce, distressed qualities to Kodak's loneliness".[2] Zara Golden called the track melancholy.[5]
Remix
[edit | edit source]The Canadian rapper Roy Woods released a remix of the song on January 30, 2016.[6]
Charts
[edit | edit source]| Chart (2016–2017) | Peak position |
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| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[7] | 11 |
Certifications
[edit | edit source]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[8] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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