Heat (Chris Brown song)

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"Heat"
Single by Chris Brown featuring Gunna
from the album Indigo
ReleasedAugust 27, 2019 (2019-08-27)
Genre
Length4:22
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Buddah Bless
Chris Brown singles chronology
"Blow My Mind"
(2019)		"Heat"
(2019)		"Did You?"
(2019)
Gunna singles chronology
"Speed It Up"
(2019)		"Heat"
(2019)		"On Time"
(2019)
2021 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Most Performed SongsWon [21]
ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards Award-Winning R&B/Hip-Hop & Rap SongsWon [22]
BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop SongsWon [23]
iHeartRadio Music Awards R&B Song of the YearNominated [24]

Chart performance

"Heat" debuted at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, on the week of September 14, 2019. [25] After climbing the chart for ten weeks, the song eventually peaked at number 36 on the chart. [26] "Heat" also topped the US Rhythmic Airplay chart. This became Brown's 11th number one on the chart, and his second during 2019, having previously logged four non-consecutive weeks in the top spot in 2019 with "No Guidance". [27] "Heat" moved Brown up to fourth-equal on the list of artists with most number-one songs on the chart. [27] This also became Gunna's first number one on the chart. [27]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [38] 4× Platinum4,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Various [2] June 20, 2019 Digital download RCA
United States [3] August 27, 2019 Mainstream urban radio

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