Bullet from a Gun

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"Bullet from a Gun"
Single by Skepta
from the album Ignorance Is Bliss
Released9 May 2019
Length2:51
Label Boy Better Know
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Skepta singles chronology
"Bet"
(2019)
"Bullet from a Gun"
(2019)
"Greaze Mode"
(2019)

"Bullet from a Gun" is a song performed by English rapper Skepta. It was released as the second single from Skepta's fifth studio album Ignorance Is Bliss on 9 May 2019 through Boy Better Know. [1] [2] The song peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Bullet from a Gun" was first released onto YouTube on 26 May 2019. [3]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [4] 61
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [5] 25
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 32
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [7] 13

Certifications

Certifications for "Bullet from a Gun"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 9 May 2019 Boy Better Know

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