10 Freaky Girls

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"10 Freaky Girls"
Song by Metro Boomin featuring 21 Savage
from the album Not All Heroes Wear Capes
ReleasedNovember 2, 2018
Length3:28
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Metro Boomin
Music video
"10 Freaky Girls" on YouTube

"10 Freaky Girls" is a song by American record producer Metro Boomin featuring Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage. It was released on November 2, 2018 as a track from Metro Boomin's debut studio album Not All Heroes Wear Capes (2018). The song contains a sample of "Are You the Woman" by Kashif and Whitney Houston. [1]

Contents

Composition

The song's instrumental contains trumpets, while the sample provides vocals, harmonica, strings, and synths. [1] [2] In the outro of the song, the harmonica plays and 21 Savage tells of an encounter with someone he had previously robbed who was unexpectedly happy to see him. [3] [4]

Music video

A music video for the song was directed by Zac Facts and released on January 22, 2019. The video opens with a woman in a liquor store. Metro Boomin is then seen playing the harmonica, while another woman takes a bath in marshmallows. [5] Throughout the video, 21 Savage raps in a dark room, surrounded by women while explosions occasionally appear in the background. [6] The woman in the liquor store takes MDMA in one scene. [5] A classic wood-sided station wagon also appears as a center of attention. [2] The video ends with Savage wearing pajamas and telling his anecdote to women in satin pajamas, and a marching band appears in the last scene. [7]

Charts

Chart performance for "10 Freaky Girls"
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 39
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 58
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [10] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 82
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 69
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 42
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 20

Certifications

Certifications for "10 Freaky Girls"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] 2× Platinum140,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [16] Gold20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [17] 4× Platinum320,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [18] Gold5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [20] 3× Platinum3,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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