"Down in Atlanta" | ||||
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Single by Pharrell Williams and Travis Scott | ||||
from the album Phriends, Vol. 1 | ||||
Released | November 18. 2022 | |||
Length | 2:45 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Pharrell Williams | |||
Pharrell Williams singles chronology | ||||
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Travis Scott singles chronology | ||||
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Lyric video | ||||
"Down in Atlanta" on YouTube |
"Down in Atlanta" is a song written by American musician Pharrell Williams and American rapper Travis Scott; produced by the former with vocals from the latter, it was released as a single through Columbia Records on November 18, 2022. It also serves as Scott's first official release as a lead artist in a little over a year, following the release of the late 2021 singles "Escape Plan" and "Mafia", although he had been featured on a few songs in 2022.[1] Both artists have collaborated before when Williams contributed production to Scott's 2015 song, "Flying High", and provided guest vocals on his 2018 song, "Skeletons".[2]
In late August 2022, Williams and Scott were spotted together in a recording studio.[3] The song was first teased a few weeks later and then kept on being teased, and Scott also performed a portion of it live at his "Road to Utopia" residency in Las Vegas.[4] On October 31, 2022, Williams announced that the song would be released four days later, which was however delayed by two weeks for unknown reasons.[5]
Over funk-led production from Williams, Scott sings: "I told shawty to bring the wave / You know life's a beach / She said, 'Life's a bitch' / Let’s hit Magic City".[6] The "spooky production" includes "sly, retro synths", Scott name-drops celebrities from the city of Atlanta in the state of Georgia, while he also boasts about the expensive cars he owns.[7] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard felt that Scott "mixes zonked-out warbling with tales of luxury and fills each line with his larger-than-life persona – while the multi-hyphenate focuses on making each drum-and-synth interaction tingle the listener's senses".[8]
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[9] | 68 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] | 56 |
France (SNEP)[11] | 186 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[12] | 82 |
Global 200 (Billboard)[13] | 82 |
Ireland (IRMA)[14] | 61 |
Lithuania (AGATA)[15] | 59 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] | 69 |
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[17] | 1 |
Portugal (AFP)[18] | 79 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 63 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] | 25 |
UK Singles (OCC)[21] | 81 |
US Billboard Hot 100[22] | 88 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[23] | 28 |