Coffin (song)

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"Coffin"
Song by Jessie Reyez featuring Eminem
from the album Before Love Came to Kill Us
ReleasedMarch 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)
Genre
Length4:22.
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bizness Boi
  • Tobias Frelin
  • Eminem (add.)

"Coffin" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez featuring American rapper Eminem released from her debut full-length studio album Before Love Came to Kill Us on March 27, 2020 via FMLY/Island Records. Written by the artists alongside producers Bizness Boi and Tobias Frelin (with additional production credits going to Eminem). The song has managed to chart in Canada despite not being a single.

Contents

In the spirit of their previous collaborations "Good Guy" and "Nice Guy" from Eminem's Kamikaze (2018), the song is about another complicated relationship. [1]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2020)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [2] 98

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Coffin"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [3] Gold40,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. Lavin, Will (March 28, 2020). "Eminem and Jessie Reyez team up once more on new song 'Coffin'". NME . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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