Pick Up Your Feelings

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"Pick Up Your Feelings"
Single by Jazmine Sullivan
from the EP Heaux Tales
ReleasedNovember 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
Genre
Length3:52
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • DZL
  • Nova Wav
Jazmine Sullivan singles chronology
"Lost One"
(2020)
"Pick Up Your Feelings"
(2020)
"Girl like Me"
(2021)

"Pick Up Your Feelings" is a song by American singer Jazmine Sullivan, released on November 20, 2020, as the second single from her debut extended play (EP), Heaux Tales (2021). [3] The song was written by Sullivan, Audra Mae, Kyle Coleman, Michael Holmes, Brittany Coney, Denisia Andrews and produced by the latter three. [4] At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, the song received two nominations for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance, winning the latter in a tie with "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic.

Contents

On April 13, 2023, Haram of BabyMonster made a cover of the song during the survival show of 'Last Evaluation.' The song entered the Billboard Hot Trending song Powered by Twitter for the first time, peaking at number #8.

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Pick Up Your Feelings"
Chart (2020–2021)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [5] 33
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 75
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 27
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [8] 2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Pick Up Your Feelings"
Chart (2021)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [9] 56
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard) [10] 4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousNovember 20, 2020 RCA [12]
United StatesJanuary 5, 2021 Urban contemporary [13]
United KingdomJanuary 29, 2021 [14]

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