"Hey Look Ma, I Made It" is a song by

Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band formed in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2004 by high school friends Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (musician), Spencer Smith (drums), who recruited classmates Brendon Urie (vocals and ...

from their sixth studio album, ''

Pray for the Wicked ''Pray for the Wicked'' is the sixth studio album by American pop rock solo project Panic! at the Disco. The album was released on June 22, 2018 on Fueled by Ramen in the United States. It is the follow-up to the band's fifth studio album, ''Deat ...

'', through Fueled by Ramen and

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. It was written by frontman

Brendon Urie Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the former lead vocalist and frontman of Panic! at the Disco, the only constant member throughout the band's 19-year run. Many of his ...

with

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, and the track's producers

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and

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. The song was made available via album release on June 22, 2018, and it was serviced to alternative radio on February 19, 2019, and US

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on February 26, 2019 as the album's third single. The music video was released on June 21, 2018. "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" and Panic! at the Disco's previous single, " High Hopes", spent a record 65 consecutive weeks at number 1 on ''Billboard''s

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chart, from November 2018 to April 2020.

Music video

The music video was released on June 21, 2018. The video follows a puppet version of lead singer

on his journey to fame, occasionally cutting to the real Urie performing the song. After signing a contract with a manager, Brendon lives the glory of being famous. His manager then introduces him to drugs and he becomes addicted, sending his life into a tailspin to the point that he is robbed and beaten. In a bathroom mirror, puppet Urie encounters the real Brendon, who berates him. Puppet Brendon slowly recovers, dumping his drugs into the toilet and taking walks on the beach. The real Urie finishes the song, whereupon his audience is revealed to be puppets. A puppet version of

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appears on stage and announces the release of ''Pray for the Wicked'', holding up what appears to be a vinyl of the album, referencing Panic! at the Disco's performance on ''

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'' in which they performed " Say Amen (Saturday Night)". The manager appears and throws puppet Brendon into a lifeless pile of other puppets. The clip was named one of the top ten best alternative music videos of 2018 by

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Reception

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'' described it as having "a vibrant energy" and "bright melodies".

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described it as "sanguine club jam" and having "a strong hook".

Chart performance

In the United States, "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" peaked at number 16, becoming the band's third top 20 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 after "

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", and " High Hopes", which peaked at numbers 7, and 4 respectively and fourth top 40 hit overall. After a record 34 weeks at number 1 on ''Billboard''s

chart with "High Hopes", "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" relented the top spot on the July 6, 2019, ranking reigning for 11 weeks. With the two songs, Panic! went on to lead Hot Rock Songs for a record total of 76 (consecutive) weeks, after "High Hopes" reclaimed the top spot from "Hey Look Ma, I Made It" for another 31 weeks, until the run ended on April 25, 2020, being dethroned by

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' " Level of Concern". This distinction was previously held by

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(52 straight weeks, from November 18, 2017, to November 3, 2018) and Twenty One Pilots (44; May 21, 2016 – March 18, 2017). Panic!'s switch at number 1 marked the sixth time that an act had replaced itself atop Hot Rock Songs, which began in 2009. Twenty One Pilots first traded spots with "

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" replacing "

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", followed by " Heathens" usurping "

". Imagine Dragons then landed three straight leaders over a year-long period, with "

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" replaced by " Whatever It Takes"; "Thunder" then returned to number 1 before being succeeded by "

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