Watch This (Lil Uzi Vert song)

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"Watch This"
Song by Lil Uzi Vert
ReleasedApril 7, 2022 (2022-04-07) (leak)
Genre Hip hop
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Forza
  • Kado
Music video
"Watch This" on YouTube
"Watch This (ArizonaTears Pluggnb Remix)"
Lil Uzi Vert - Watch This.png
Single by Lil Uzi Vert and ArizonaTears
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2023 (2023-02-05)
Genre Pluggnb
Length2:44
Label Sped Up Nightcore [1]
Songwriter(s)
  • Woods
  • ArizonaTears
  • Sanders
  • Ponder
Producer(s) ArizonaTears [2]
Lil Uzi Vert singles chronology
"High"
(2023)
"Watch This (ArizonaTears Pluggnb Remix)"
(2023)

"Watch This" is an unreleased song by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert produced by Kado and Philadelphian producer Forza. It was initially previewed on an Instagram livestream on March 12, 2019, and thought to appear on their second studio album Eternal Atake . In November 2019, Lil Uzi Vert publicly accused Forza of selling their unreleased material, prompting Forza to be removed from producer collective Working on Dying and the song to remain unreleased.

Contents

The song, along with its music video, leaked online in its entirety on April 7, 2022. On August 15, 2022, American producer ArizonaTears uploaded their remix of the song on SoundCloud. This version went viral on TikTok in the following months, resulting in the remix being released to streaming under the Atlantic Records subsidiary Sped Up Nightcore as a single on February 5, 2023, and charting in multiple countries.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Watch This" (ArizonaTears Pluggnb Remix)
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 41
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [4] 75
Ireland (IRMA) [5] 53
Latvia (LAIPA) [6] 11
Lithuania (AGATA) [7] 16
Netherlands (Single Tip) [8] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [9] 38
Portugal (AFP) [10] 188
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 93
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 69
UK Indie (OCC) [13] 26
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 56
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 19

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Watch This" (ArizonaTears Pluggnb Remix)
Chart (2023)Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [16] 66

Certifications

Certification for "Watch This"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [17] Gold25,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Certification for "Watch This (ArizonaTears Pluggnb Remix)"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [18] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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