Panda (song)

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"Panda"
Single by Desiigner
from the album The Life of Desiigner
Released December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)[1]
February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre Trap
Length
  • 4:01
  • 3:39 (radio edit)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Menace
Desiigner singles chronology
"Panda"
(2015)		 "Strapped & Ready"
(2016)
Music video
"Panda" on YouTube

"Panda" is the commercial debut single by American rapper Desiigner. The song premiered on December 15, 2015, and was released for digital download on the iTunes Store as a single on December 20, 2015, before being re-released on February 26, 2016.[2] The song was written by Desiigner and its producer Menace. "Panda" was heavily sampled by Desiigner's fellow GOOD Music label-mate and founder Kanye West, for "Pt. 2", a song on West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, and inspired a number of remixes. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for two consecutive weeks.[3] An official video was released on May 10, 2016.[4]

Composition

"Panda" is a Trap song.[5] The hook, layered over a Menace beat, was written about Desiigner's affinity for the BMW X6. Explained by Desiigner, lyrically "the panda is the black X6 and the white X6. The black X6 look like a Phantom, the white X6 look like a panda. I’m just putting it in a greater way of how I say and the way I live."[6] Desiigner discovered the song's beat on YouTube, which was produced by up-and-coming producer, Menace.[7][8][9]

Commercial performance

"Panda" debuted at number 96 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart issue dated March 12, 2016,[10] and reached the top five in its seventh week.[11] On its ninth week, "Panda" reached number one on the Hot 100 for the chart dated May 7, 2016. The feat ended a record-setting 41-week streak of non-Americans topping the chart. Desiigner is the first rapper to crown the Hot 100 with a debut chart entry since Iggy Azalea arrived with "Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX), which ruled for seven weeks beginning June 7, 2014. At 18 years and 11 months old, Desiigner is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100 since Lorde, who was 16 years and 11 months old when "Royals" assumed the top spot (for nine weeks) on October 12, 2013.[12]

Among the Hot 100's component charts, "Panda" has peaked at number 2 on Digital Songs and 27 on Radio Songs, and has topped Streaming Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and Hot Rap Songs.[13][14] As of May 28, 2016, it has sold 804,856 copies in the United States.[15]

In the media

"Panda" was used by NBA player Shaquille O'Neal as his WrestleMania 32 entrance music.[16]

Remixes

"Panda" has been unofficially remixed several times by various rappers, including T-Pain, Uncle Murda, Montana of 300, Dave East, Lupe Fiasco, Meek Mill, Lil' Kim and Maino, among others.[17][18] A Spanish remix version was released by Puerto Rican reggaeton artists Farruko, Daddy Yankee, Almighty and Cosculluela.[17]

Music video

The song's official music video was released on 10 May 2016 through the subscription-based digital music streaming platform, Tidal. Featuring Desiigner himself, the video also includes a cameo appearance by American hip hop artist Kanye West.[4]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[20] 23
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[22] 43
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[23] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[24] 10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 10
France (SNEP)[26] 16
Germany (Official German Charts)[27] 13
Ireland (IRMA)[28] 16
Italy (FIMI)[29] 26
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[30] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[33] 14
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[34] 24
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 12
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[37] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[38] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[39] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[40] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[41] 28

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[42] Gold 35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] Platinum 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[45] Platinum 804,856[15]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

References

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