"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ,producer and musician Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand,was a top 3 hit in Australia,and charted in other countries such as France,Belgium,Hungary,Sweden,Poland and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies,[1] nine times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 630,000 copies and quintuple platinum by Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 150,000 copies. "Freaks" has exceeded more than 1 billion streams online.[2]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
In popular culture
"Freaks" was featured in a 2014 viral video recorded by Russell Bauer (who, in 2017, became director of the New England Conservatorium of Music at the University of New England in Armidale), "When Mama Isn't Home". In the video, Bauer is seen playing the song on trombone, with his son accompanying him by slamming an oven door to the beat. The video inspired remixes and variations of the video with other songs, and was also used as the basis of a commercial by German retailer Otto.[41][42][43][44]
↑ "The 1,000,000,000 list". APRA AMCOS. Archived from the original on 13 May 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025. Note: Non-Australasian co-writers are not shown.
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