In 2007,the same year as the Pilooski remix,Norwegian hip-hop duo Madcon released a new version of the song with tweaked lyrics and added rap verses. Madcon's version of the song is a total re-recording,with all instruments performed by production team 3Elementz (Hitesh Ceon,Kim Ofstad,Jonny Sjo) and all vocals by Madcon. This version reached number one on Norway's VG-lista chart for 12 nonconsecutive weeks and received the "Hit of the Year" Spellemannprisen award.
The single also became popular throughout Europe;in France,the Netherlands,and the Wallonia region of Belgium,it peaked at number one. It reached number five in the United Kingdom and number seven in Germany. Overall,"Beggin'" was Europe's 11th-most-successful single of 2008. The music video features Yosef Wolde-Mariam and Tshawe Baqwa in a mix of Blaxploitation scenes and dozing off while playing Halo 3 and was directed by Christian Holm-Glad.
Following the success of Måneskin's cover in 2021,Madcon's version saw a rise in popularity. As a result,the duo teamed up with Canadian DJ Frank Walker for a remix released on July 16,2021. [10]
French CD single [11]
German enhanced maxi-single [12]
Digital download [9]
Digital download –Frank Walker remix [13]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Belgium (BEA) [67] | Gold | |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [68] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [69] | Gold | 200,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [70] | Gold | 150,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [71] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [72] | Platinum | 25,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [73] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
"Beggin'" | |
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![]() Live version cover | |
Promotional single by Måneskin | |
from the EP Chosen | |
Released | December 8, 2017 |
Recorded | 2017 |
Studio | Metropolis Studio Milano |
Genre | |
Length | 3:31 |
Label | |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Lucio Fabbri |
Italian rock band Måneskin performed a cover of the song during the eleventh season of X Factor Italia . A studio version of the song later appeared on their debut extended play Chosen , released in 2017. Recording sessions for Chosen took place at the Metropolis in Milan, and mostly occurred at night, while the band was still competing on the show, and lasted only a few days. They were held at the recording studio owned by Lucio Fabbri, who served as the track's producer. [74] Fabbri described the recording process for "Beggin'" as the result of a low-budget session. The song was "almost recorded live", in a spontaneous manner which, according to him, helped to preserve the "human component, which disappeared in today's music, often processed and filtered". [74] Their cover largely follows the structure of the Madcon version, including the rap verse. Although it was not released as a single, it peaked at number 39 on the Italian Singles Chart and in 2018 received a gold certification by FIMI in their native country.
Following the band's Eurovision victory in late May 2021, the song alongside the band's other releases started appearing on music charts across Europe and beyond; viral success for the song on video sharing service TikTok soon followed. [75] "Beggin'" reached number one on the weekly charts in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Switzerland, the top five in Australia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden, and the top ten in Canada, Denmark, India, Philippines, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
On its first charting week on the UK Singles Chart (issue date June 24, 2021), [76] the song debuted at number 73, but in the following The Official Chart: First Look Top 20, it moved 56 places to number 17. [77] [78] In the second charting week it peaked at number 10, becoming the band's third UK Top 20 hit in less than a month, and as their song "I Wanna Be Your Slave" charted again in the Top 10 it was the first time they simultaneously had two songs in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart, thus becoming the first Italian act and the first Eurovision-associated act to achieve this. [79] [80] On its third charting week in the UK it peaked at number 7. [81] It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 78, later peaking at number 13, and has also reached the top five on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US charts. [75]
Their cover received a nomination for Favorite Trending Song at the American Music Awards of 2021, where they also performed the song, eventually losing to Megan Thee Stallion's "Body". [82] [83] They also performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , during the January 22, 2022 episode of Saturday Night Live , during the twenty-first season of The Voice USA , and on the final of the fifteenth season of X Factor Italia , returning as guests four years after their first performance there as contestants. [84] [85] [86] [87] [88]
A live recording of the song was released as a digital single on September 27, 2021. [89]
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [186] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [187] | 3× Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [188] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [189] | 2× Diamond | 320,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [190] | 5× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [191] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [192] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [193] | 3× Gold | 600,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [194] | 4× Platinum | 400,000‡ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [195] | Diamond | 300,000‡ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [196] | 3× Platinum | 90,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [197] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [198] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [199] | 3× Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [200] | 3× Platinum | 180,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [201] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [202] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [203] | 4× Platinum | 4,000,000‡ |
Streaming | ||
Greece (IFPI Greece) [204] | 2× Platinum | 4,000,000† |
Sweden (GLF) [205] | 2× Platinum | 16,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
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