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| Single by Tom MacDonald | ||||
| Released | September 11, 2025 | |||
| Genre | Political hip-hop | |||
| Length | 2:29 | |||
| Songwriter | Tom MacDonald | |||
| Producer | MacDonald | |||
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| "Charlie" on YouTube | ||||
"Charlie" is a single by Canadian rapper Tom MacDonald. It was released on September 11, 2025, and is a tribute to American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated a day earlier.
In the song, MacDonald directs his anger toward liberals collectively. He blames them for Kirk's death and accuses them of celebrating it, even saying that "woke people are the terrorists". MacDonald imagines Kirk looking down from a window in Heaven as his children grow up, and the right-wing community uniting to avenge his death. [1]
The song debuted at number 2 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart shortly after its release, with 6,700 downloads sold in the last hours of that tracking week. It then sold 17,900 downloads in the week of September 12–18 and became his eighth No. 1 song on Digital Song Sales in the week ending on September 27. The song also entered the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts at numbers 77 and 12 respectively. [2] [3] The song also reached number 1 on YouTube Music's charts. [4] [5]
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [6] | 29 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [7] | 77 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [8] | 12 |