Shot Clock (song)

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"Shot Clock"
Shot Clock by Ella Mai.jpg
Single by Ella Mai
from the album Ella Mai
Released29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)
Recorded2017–18
Length3:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) DJ Mustard
Ella Mai singles chronology
"Trip"
(2018)
"Shot Clock"
(2019)
"24/7"
(2019)
Music video
"Shot Clock" on YouTube

"Shot Clock" is a song by English singer Ella Mai from her eponymous debut studio album. The song peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Mai, Micah, Drake , Dijon McFarlane, Jahron Brathwaite, Quentin Miller, Benjamin Bush, Stephen Garrett and Timothy Mosley and features production by DJ Mustard.

Contents

Music video

An accompanying music video for the song premiered via Mai's Vevo channel on 17 January 2019. [1] [2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 62
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 27
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [5] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [6] 73

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Gold35,000
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United States29 January 2019 Rhythmic contemporary Interscope [9]

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