Turks (song)

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"Turks"
Nav and Gunna - Turks.png
Single by Nav and Gunna featuring Travis Scott
from the album Good Intentions
ReleasedMarch 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)
Genre Trap [1]
Length2:41
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Wheezy
Nav singles chronology
"Called It"
(2019)		"Turks"
(2020)		"Painless 2"
(2020)
Gunna singles chronology
"Skybox"
(2020)		"Turks"
(2020)		"Numbers"
(2020)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [29] Platinum80,000‡
United States (RIAA) [30] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMarch 27, 2020 Republic [31]
United StatesMarch 31, 2020 Rhythmic contemporary radio [32]

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