"Down in Atlanta" | ||||
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Single by Pharrell Williams and Travis Scott | ||||
from the album Phriends, Vol. 1 | ||||
Released | November 18. 2022 | |||
Length | 2:45 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Pharrell Williams | |||
Pharrell Williams singles chronology | ||||
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Travis Scott singles chronology | ||||
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Lyric video | ||||
"Down in Atlanta" on YouTube |
"Down in Atlanta" is a song written by American musicians Pharrell Williams and Travis Scott;produced by the former with vocals from the latter,it was released as a single through Columbia Records on November 18,2022. It also serves as Scott's first official release as a lead artist in a little over a year,following the release of the late 2021 singles "Escape Plan" and "Mafia",although he had been featured on a few songs in 2022. [1] Both artists have collaborated before when Williams contributed production to Scott's 2015 song,"Flying High",and provided guest vocals on his 2018 song,"Skeletons". [2]
In late August 2022,Williams and Scott were spotted together in a recording studio. [3] The song was first teased a few weeks later and then kept on being teased,and Scott also performed a portion of it live at his "Road to Utopia" residency in Las Vegas. [4] On October 31,2022,Williams announced that the song would be released four days later,which was however delayed by two weeks for unknown reasons. [5]
Over funk-led production from Williams,Scott sings:"I told shawty to bring the wave / You know life's a beach / She said,'Life's a bitch' / Let’s hit Magic City". [6] The "spooky production" includes "sly,retro synths",Scott name-drops celebrities from the city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia,while he also boasts about the expensive cars he owns. [7] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard felt that Scott "mixes zonked-out warbling with tales of luxury and fills each line with his larger-than-life persona –while the multi-hyphenate focuses on making each drum-and-synth interaction tingle the listener's senses". [8]
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [9] | 68 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [10] | 56 |
France (SNEP) [11] | 186 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [12] | 82 |
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [13] | 82 |
Ireland (IRMA) [14] | 61 |
Lithuania (AGATA) [15] | 59 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] | 69 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [17] | 1 |
Portugal (AFP) [18] | 79 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] | 63 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] | 25 |
UK Singles (OCC) [21] | 81 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [22] | 88 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [23] | 28 |
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