Dua Lipa (song)

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"Dua Lipa"
Song by Jack Harlow
from the album Come Home the Kids Miss You
ReleasedMay 6, 2022
Genre Trap
Length2:15
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Harlow
  • Chahayed
  • FnZ
  • Vindver
  • BabeTruth
  • 2forWoyne
  • Harris
  • Nemo Achida

"Dua Lipa" is a song by American rapper Jack Harlow from his second studio album Come Home the Kids Miss You (2022). It is named after the English-Albanian singer.

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Background

Harlow stated in an interview with The Breakfast Club that he reached out to Dua Lipa via FaceTime to get her permission to release the song, which he played for her, and that he would not have released it if she did not approve. According to Harlow, "But she was like, 'Oh, it's not my song. I suppose it's okay.' She was just kinda thrown off and she just kinda let it go." He added that his conversations with her have been "less awkward" ever since. [1] [2]

The song was also previewed days before it was released on May 6, 2022 as a track from Come Home the Kids Miss You. [3]

Composition

In the song, Jack Harlow raps over a trap beat about his desire to form a relationship with Dua Lipa. [2] [4] In addition, he compares his rise to fame to that of Ariana Grande (also referencing her song "Thank U, Next"), and mentions growing his pectoral muscles (with an acknowledgment to his personal trainer) and collaboration with Kanye West. He also name-drops Dallas Mavericks NBA player Luka Dončić. [5]

Critical reception

AllMusic praised the song, calling it "bouncy, sophomoric fun". [6] Matthew Strauss of Pitchfork gave a more critical review of the song, writing, "...Harlow simply incorporates the global star's name into a refrain. The song's got nothing to do with Dua Lipa; again, it's the sort of knowing wink that makes for good tabloid fodder but not necessarily good music. Were it not called 'Dua Lipa,' there would be nothing of note about the song, which has a flat beat and equally flat bars." Comparing it to Harlow's song "Tyler Herro", Strauss wrote that "'Dua Lipa' is just being vaguely horny on main, as he might say." [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Dua Lipa"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 13
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 13
Denmark (Tracklisten) [9] 29
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [10] 31
Iceland (Plötutíðindi) [11] 19
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [13] 11
Norway (VG-lista) [14] 31
Portugal (AFP) [15] 79
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [16] 56
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 59
UK Singles (OCC) [18] 33
US Billboard Hot 100 [19] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [20] 8

Certifications

Certifications for "Dua Lipa"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [21] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dua Lipa discography</span>

English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa has released two studio albums, two reissues, one remix album, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-four singles, ten promotional singles, two charity singles, and thirty-five music videos. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, she released her debut single "New Love" in 2015. The following year, she gained recognition through the singles "Hotter than Hell" and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)". In June 2017 Lipa released her eponymous debut studio album, which reached the top 10 charts in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album's chart-topping hits "Be the One", "New Rules" and "IDGAF" propelled Lipa to international fame.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">One Kiss</span> 2018 single by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Break My Heart (Dua Lipa song)</span> 2020 single by Dua Lipa

"Break My Heart" is a song by English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was written by Lipa, Ali Tamposi, Stefan Johnson, Jordan K. Johnson, and Andrew Watt, while the production was handled by Watt alongside the Monsters & Strangerz. Due to a similarity to the guitar riff in INXS's 1987 song "Need You Tonight", band members Andrew Farriss and Michael Hutchence are also credited as writers, and the similarity is credited as an interpolation. The song was released for digital download and streaming through Warner Records as the third single from Future Nostalgia on 25 March 2020. It is a retro-futuristic dance-pop and disco-funk song with elements of house and 1980s music that is set to a Europop beat. A vulnerable song, it sees Lipa questioning whether a new love will leave her broken-hearted.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cold Heart (Pnau remix)</span> 2021 single by Elton John and Dua Lipa

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