"Vossi Bop" is a song by British rapper

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. It was released as a single on 25 April 2019 through #Merky and

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as the lead single from his second studio album, '' Heavy Is the Head''. The music video was also released the same day. It is his first solo music since his ''

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'' album in 2017. The song debuted atop the

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, becoming Stormzy's first number-one single.

Background

The song is Stormzy's first new music as a lead artist since 2017, when he released his UK number-one album ''

''. During his time away, he pursued interests outside of music. Upon the song's release, Stormzy corrected several users on Twitter who had written the first line as "My bruddas don't die, we just

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bop", stressing that it was "

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" and not "die".

Music video

The music video was directed by Henry Scholfield and released on 25 April 2019. It features Stormzy rapping on

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and outside the

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Remixes

Four remixes of the song were released on 19 July 2019. Respectively, they featured Norwegian artist Lauren, Italian rapper Ghali, Swedish duo Aden x Asme, and German rappers Bausa and Capo.

Commercial performance

On the midweek

, Stormzy was at number one, ahead of "

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by some 500 combined sales. Several media outlets, including the

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'', made note that it could be Stormzy's first UK number-one single. The song debuted at number one on the official chart ahead of previous number one, "

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, and Swift's "Me!" at numbers two and three, respectively. "Vossi Bop" also received 12.7 million streams in its debut week on sale, the highest ever by a rapper and the fifth-highest of all time.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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