"Congratulations" is a song by American rapper and singer

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featuring fellow American rapper and singer

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. It was released through Republic Records on January 31, 2017, as the fifth single from Malone's debut studio album, '' Stoney'' (2016). At first, was released as a promotional single from the album on November 4, 2016. It was then released on January 31, 2017, as the fifth official single from the album. Malone and Quavo wrote the song with Carl Rosen and producers

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, and

Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, ...

. A remix, which includes an additional feature from fellow American rapper Future, was released on June 16, 2017.

Background

Producers

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began working with Post Malone on tracks for his debut album after the success of the single "

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." During the writing process, they were watching the 2016 Summer Olympics and were inspired to create a triumphant song. At one point during the session, Post's manager Dre London shouted 'congratulations,' inspiring the chorus of the song. Post Malone debuted the track while performing in Austin, Texas in September 2016, two months before the song's official release. On May 9, 2017, the track was performed to Post Malone by a mariachi band, commissioned by Indonesian rapper Rich Brian. On June 16, 2017, the official remix was released featuring an additional verse from Future.

Composition

The song is written in the key of

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with a tempo of 110 beats per minute.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video premiered on January 23, 2017, on Post Malone's

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account on

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. The music video was directed by James DeFina. It features cameo appearances from

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, and fellow members of the Migos crew. , the music video has been viewed over 1.3 billion times.

Chart performance

The song peaked at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Post Malone's second top 20 hit, following his debut single, "

", and first top 10 hit, and has spent a total of 50 weeks on the chart. The song was later certified Diamond (11× Platinum) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales and streaming equivalent units of over 11 million units in the United States.

Personnel

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. Production *

– production, songwriting; programming *

– additional production, songwriting *

– songwriting; vocals * Carl Rosen – songwriting *

– songwriting; vocals Technical * Frank Dukes – recording * Louis Bell – recording *

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– mixing * Chris Galland – assistant mixer * Jeff Jackson – assistant mixer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Notes

References

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