Talk (Yeat song)

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"Talk"
Single by Yeat
from the EP Lyfe
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2022 (2022-09-02)
Length2:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bnyx
Yeat singles chronology
"Rich Minion"
(2022)
"Talk"
(2022)
"Already Rich"
(2023)

"Talk" is a single by American rapper Yeat, released through Field Trip Recordings, Listen to the Kids, Geffen Records, and Interscope Records as a single on September 2, 2022. [1] The song serves as the lead single to Yeat's sixth extended play Lyfe , and found success after going viral on TikTok. In the United States, the song entered at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

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Critical reception

Kieran Press-Reynolds of Pitchfork noted the song's harsh instrumentals and unnerving background vocals, writing: "Police sirens set a frantic scene, and then a shrieking synth catapults Yeat's flexes into the sky: "Head #1 up on these charts, we stuck or what?" Mangled background vocals creep like demonic backup singers shadowing Yeat's steady voice. Barely any other major label rap production in 2022 sounds as unhinged and off-kilter as this." [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Talk"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [4] 55
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [5] 85
Iceland (Tónlistinn) [6] 31
Lithuania (AGATA) [7] 58
South Africa (TOSAC) [8] 63
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 42

Certifications

Certifications for "Talk"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [9] Platinum80,000
Poland (ZPAV) [10] Gold25,000
United States (RIAA) [11] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

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