"Simply the Best" | ||||
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Single by Black Eyed Peas, Anitta and El Alfa | ||||
from the album Elevation | ||||
Released | October 28, 2022 | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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"Simply the Best" on YouTube |
"Simply the Best" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American hip hop group Black Eyed Peas,Brazilian singer Anitta and Dominican rapper El Alfa. It was written by William Adams,Damien Leroy,Emmanuel Herrera Batista,Allan Pineda and Jimmy Luis Gomez. Denis Zet,Jacqueline Hucke and Jerry Ropero are also listed as songwriters as the song features samples from their 2005 song "Coraçao".
The group performed the song live at the 2023 Sanremo Festival. [1]
Chart (2022–2024) | Peak position |
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Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino) [2] | 7 |
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [3] | 47 |
Chile Anglo (Monitor Latino) [4] | 7 |
Colombia Anglo (Monitor Latino) [5] | 13 |
France Airplay (SNEP) [6] | 50 |
France Club 40 (SNEP) [7] | 9 |
Honduras Anglo (Monitor Latino) [8] | 16 |
Hungary (Dance Top 40) [9] | 13 |
Italy (FIMI) [10] | 95 |
Suriname (Nationale Top 40) [11] | 25 |
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 30 |
US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) [13] | 31 |
Venezuela Anglo (Monitor Latino) [14] | 3 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
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Hungary (Dance Top 40) [15] | 47 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Italy (FIMI) [16] | Gold | 50,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | October 28,2022 | Epic | [17] | |
Italy | November 3,2022 | Radio airplay | Sony | [18] |
France | November 7,2022 |
| Polydor | [ citation needed ] |
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