Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)

Columbia's British subsidiary Sony Music UK described it as a lo-fi hip hop single, ^[10] while Aliya Chaudhry from Consequence deemed it as an emo rap song. ^[11]

Music video

The video performance was officially uploaded to Powfu's YouTube channel on April 1, 2020. As of April 21, 2025, it has accumulated more than 769 million views, becoming Powfu's most viewed video.

The video shows Powfu portraying a man monolouging his life as he is sitting on his bed in a forest with intervening clips of him and his love interest. ^[12] Powfu's love interest is portrayed by his wife. ^[13]

In October 2024, by popular demand, Powfu released "death bed, pt. 2".^{[ citation needed ]}

"Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)"
Single by Powfu featuring Beabadoobee
from the EP Poems of the Past
Released	February 8, 2020 (2020-02-08)
Genre	Lo-fi hip hop emo rap
Length	2:53
Label	Columbia Robots + Humans
Songwriter(s)	Isaiah Faber Beatrice Laus Oscar Lang
Producer(s)	Otterpop
Powfu singles chronology
"Don't Fall Asleep Yet" (2020) "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (2020) "I'm Used to It" (2020)
Beabadoobee singles chronology
"I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus" (2019) "Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head)" (2020) "Care" (2020)

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref
2021	SOCAN Awards	Viral Song Award	Won	[14]
	BMI Pop Awards	Most Performed Songs of the Year	Won	[15]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2020) Peak position Argentina (Argentina Hot 100) [16] 61 Australia (ARIA) [17] 5 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [18] 11 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [19] 7 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [20] 29 Brazil (Top 100 Brasil) [21] 69 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [22] 11 Costa Rica (Monitor Latino) [23] 13 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [24] 45 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [25] 7 Denmark (Tracklisten) [26] 10 Estonia (Eesti Tipp-40) [27] 9 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [28] 9 France (SNEP) [29] 19 Germany (GfK) [30] 18 Global 200 ( Billboard ) [31] 43 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [32] 13 Iceland (Tónlistinn) [33] 26 Ireland (IRMA) [34] 7 Italy (FIMI) [35] 6 Israel (Media Forest) [36] 7 Malaysia (RIM) [37] 1 Mexico (Billboard Ingles Airplay) [38] 1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [39] 13 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [40] 11 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [41] 5 Norway (VG-lista) [42] 14 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [43] 4 Portugal (AFP) [44] 7 Romania (Airplay 100) [45] 54 Scotland (OCC) [46] 4 Singapore (RIAS) [47] 1 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [48] 17 Slovenia (SloTop50) [49] 24 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [50] 38 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [51] 15 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [52] 13 UK Singles (OCC) [53] 4 US Billboard Hot 100 [54] 23 US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [55] 19 US Dance/Mix Show Airplay ( Billboard ) [56] 31 US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [57] 9 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [58] 1 US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [59] 8 US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [60] 15 US Rock & Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [61] 3 US Rolling Stone Top 100 [62] 12 Monthly charts Chart (2020) Peak position Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [63] 16

Year-end charts Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA) [64] 20 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [65] 52 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [66] 51 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) [67] 53 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [68] 28 Denmark (Tracklisten) [69] 57 France (SNEP) [70] 55 Germany (Official German Charts) [71] 68 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [72] 52 Ireland (IRMA) [73] 43 Italy (FIMI) [74] 46 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [75] 83 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [76] 60 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [77] 21 Norway (VG-lista) [78] 39 Poland (ZPAV) [79] 60 Portugal (AFP) [80] 29 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [81] 38 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [82] 27 UK Singles (OCC) [83] 21 US Billboard Hot 100 [84] 43 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) [85] 27 US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard) [86] 5 Chart (2021) Position Global 200 (Billboard) [87] 176

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [88]	3× Platinum	210,000‡
Belgium (BRMA) [89]	Gold	20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [90]	Platinum	40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [91]	5× Platinum	400,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [92]	Platinum	90,000‡
France (SNEP) [93]	Diamond	333,333‡
Germany (BVMI) [94]	Gold	200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [95]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [96]	4× Platinum	240,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [97]	4× Platinum	120,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [98]	2× Platinum	40,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [99]	2× Platinum	20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [100]	Platinum	60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [101]	Platinum	20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [102]	2× Platinum	1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [103]	5× Platinum	5,000,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF) [104]	2× Platinum	16,000,000†
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. † Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	February 8, 2020	Digital download streaming	Columbia Robots and Humans	[105]
United States	April 7, 2020	Contemporary hit radio	Columbia	[106]

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