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| Released | April 19, 2019 | |||
| Length | 4:41 | |||
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"Earth" is a charity single by Lil Dicky. It was released on April 19, 2019, three days before Earth Day, through Dirty Burd, Commission and BMG. The song features vocals from 30 artists. [1] [2] [3]
On April 19, 2019, Dicky took to Twitter to announce the release of a new song the following week. [4] It was also reported that Justin Bieber would return to music as a guest feature on a new Lil Dicky song. [5] Bieber confirmed the collaboration on Twitter a few days later. [6]
On April 17, Dicky released a preview of the video that was released the following day. Co-directed by Nigel Tierney of Emmy-winning studio RYOT (the studio that made Behind the Fence VR), Federico Heller of 3Dar (the studio that made Uncanny Valley), Oddbot Animation, and Iconic Engine, [7] [8] the music video includes performances by 30 celebrities and singer-songwriters, such as Sia, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, Halsey, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brendon Urie, Charlie Puth, Snoop Dogg, Miley Cyrus, among others. [2]
The song received mostly negative reviews from critics. In a Pitchfork review, Jeremy D. Larson panned "Earth" as a "terrible song" that "sounds less like a charity single and more like a theme to a downmarket Disney clone made explicitly to launder money for an offshore criminal enterprise". [9] Spin magazine included the song in their list of the worst songs of 2019, calling it a qualitative step back to Dicky's 2018 single "Freaky Friday". [10] Tech2 News Staff gave an overall mixed review on the song. [11] Journalist Evan Haynos claimed the song "lands flat" and "The humor in the song ... misses the target." [12] Music journalist Gregg Johnson gave the song a generally positive review. [13] Writer Keith Mann heavily criticized the song, saying it is "astonishingly bad" and "generic, soulless, laughless, [and] overblown". [14]
List of guest vocalists with the role each plays in the music video: [15]
| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA) [16] | 17 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [17] | 27 |
| Belgium (Ultratip Flanders) [18] | 1 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [19] | 3 |
| Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [20] | 18 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten) [21] | 12 |
| Germany (Official German Charts) [22] | 77 |
| Hungary (Stream Top 40) [23] | 38 |
| Ireland (IRMA) [24] | 18 |
| Japan (Japan Hot 100) [25] | 81 |
| Lithuania (AGATA) [26] | 57 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Tipparade 40) [27] | 1 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) [28] | 36 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [29] | 20 |
| Norway (VG-lista) [30] | 11 |
| Scotland (OCC) [31] | 26 |
| Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [32] | 29 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [33] | 35 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [34] | 42 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [35] | 21 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [36] | 17 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [37] | Gold | 20,000 |
| Canada (Music Canada) [38] | Platinum | 80,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [39] | Silver | 200,000 |
| United States (RIAA) [40] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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