Loser, Baby

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"Loser, Baby"
Single by Keith David and Blake Roman
from the album Hazbin Hotel Original Soundtrack (Part 1)
Released2024
Genre
Length2:55
Label A24 Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Sam Haft
  • Andrew Underberg
Hazbin Hotel singles chronology
"Respectless"
(2024)
"Loser, Baby"
(2024)
"Hell's Greatest Dad"
(2024)
Music video
"Loser, Baby" on YouTube
The YouTube thumbnail used for the song Thumbnail for Loser, Baby.jpg
The YouTube thumbnail used for the song

"Loser, Baby" is a jazz rock song from the American adult animated musical comedy television series Hazbin Hotel, which is sung by Husk (voiced by Keith David) and Angel Dust (voiced by Blake Roman). [1] [2] The song is featured in "Masquerade", the fourth episode of the show's first season. On January 19, 2024, the song and lyrics were published to YouTube and Spotify by Amazon Prime Video, and have since accumulated 40 million views and 108 million streams, respectively. [3] [1] The song also peaked at number one on the Billboard US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [4] [5] The song’s release on YouTube has also become Amazon Prime Video’s third most-viewed video on their channel. [1]

Contents

Composition

"Loser, Baby" is a jazz [6] and rock [7] song written in the key of E major. [8]

Reception

Angel Shaw of Screen Rant stated the song "perfectly represents everything the adult animated musical comedy series is about". [9] Charlotte Hansen, also from Screen Rant, ranked "Loser, Baby" the best song in the Hazbin Hotel television series, writing "while the song is very gritty and shows the brutal reality of living in Hell, it is also lighthearted as well with Angel Dust and Husk dancing to changing backgrounds as they celebrate who they are." [2] The Economic Times wrote that the song "captures the essence of losers finding solace in each other's company within the depths of Hell." [10]

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Loser, Baby"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] 65
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [12] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 77
UK Indie (OCC) [14] 12
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [4] 1

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