Talk About (song)

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"Talk About"
Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman - Talk About.png
Single by Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman
Released14 May 2021 (2021-05-14)
Genre House [1]
Length2:42
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Billen Ted
  • Craig Gorman
  • Robbie Yates
  • Yjneb Nösbig
Music video
"Talk About" on YouTube

"Talk About" is a song by English DJ Rain Radio and Irish DJ Craig Gorman.

Contents

Released on 14 May 2021, it is a dance track based on an interpolation of "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado. It became a hit in the UK, debuting at No. 44 (for the week ending 15 July 2021) after amassing a sales total of 9,289 units, and was a new entry at No. 42 in Ireland. [2] [3] [4] [5] The song eventually reached the top 10 in both countries, at No. 9.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Talk About"
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Hungary (Single Top 40) [6] 38
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [9] 37
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [10] 20
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 9
UK Dance (OCC) [12] 4

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Talk About"
Chart (2021)Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [13] 90
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 80

Certifications

Certifications for "Talk About"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [15] Platinum50,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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