"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ, producer and musician

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and New Zealand rapper Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand, was a top 3 hit in Australia, and charted in other countries such as France, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland and The Netherlands. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 500,000 copies, six times platinum by the

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for sales exceeding 420,000 copies and triple platinum by Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 45,000 copies. Freaks has exceeded more than 500,000 streams online. Freaks debuted on the ARIA Charts at number 1 in both Dance and Australian Singles, and number 10 overall. It is the highest selling single of all time on

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and won "Highest Selling Single" at the

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. Retrieved November 2016

Track listing

;Ministry of Sound (Australia) #"Freaks" (radio edit) – 2:48 ;541 / N.E.W.S. (Belgium) #"Freaks" (radio edit) – 2:48 #"Freaks" (extended mix) – 4:24 #"Freaks" (original mix without Savage) – 4:34

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Certifications

In popular culture

"Freaks" was featured in a 2014

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recorded by Russell Bauer (who, in 2017, became director of the New England Conservatorium of Music in

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), "When Mama Isn't Home". In the video, Bauer is seen playing the song on

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, with his son accompanying him by slamming an oven door to the beat. The video inspired remixes and variations of the video with other songs, and was also used as the basis of a commercial by German retailer

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References

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