Ric Flair Drip

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"Ric Flair Drip"
Ric Flair Drip - Offset and Metro Boomin.jpeg
Single by Offset and Metro Boomin
from the album Without Warning
ReleasedMarch 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)
Recorded2017
Studio Sterling Sound, New York City
Genre
Length2:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Bijan Amir
Offset singles chronology
"No Flag"
(2017)		"Ric Flair Drip"
(2018)		"Patek Water"
(2017)
Metro Boomin singles chronology
"Perfect Timing (Intro)" / "Call Me"
(2017)		"Ric Flair Drip"
(2017)		"Pull Up N Wreck"
(2018)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Platinum70,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [52] 4× Platinum320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [53] Platinum90,000‡
France (SNEP) [54] Platinum200,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [55] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [56] Platinum100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [57] Platinum50,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [58] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [59] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [60] 6× Platinum6,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [61] 2× Platinum4,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousOctober 31, 2017
 [62]
United StatesMarch 1, 2018 Rhythmic contemporary [63]

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