"Steve's Lava Chicken" is a song by

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from the soundtrack for '' A Minecraft Movie'' (2025). In the film, the song is used as a jingle for a scene where Black's character in the film,

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, cooks a live chicken by pouring

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onto it. The song was co-written by Black and the film's director

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, and is 34 seconds long. The song broke several records—particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom—as the shortest song to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart respectively. It also charted in other countries.

Background and release

"Steve's Lava Chicken" is used in a scene in '' A Minecraft Movie'' where

—a character portrayed in the film by Black—showcases a contraption he made that cooks live chickens in lava. The subject of the song is the cooked chicken resulting from the contraption. The song itself is about 34 seconds long, and was co-written by Black alongside the film's director

. The soundtrack for ''A Minecraft Movie'', including "Steve's Lava Chicken", was released on March 28, 2025 through WaterTower Music. A 50-second long clip from the film featuring the song, labeled by WaterTower as its official music video, was released on April 9, 2025. An EP by Black, "I...Am Steve", featuring an extended version of "Steve's Lava Chicken" alongside other bonus songs from the film's soundtrack, was released on April 18, 2025. The extended version is 1 minute and 15 seconds long.

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Steve's Lava Chicken" received over 2.5 million streams on the week of the film's release, a 1,973% increase in streams from the week prior to its release. The song later debuted at number 78 on the Hot 100 for the week dated May 3, 2025, breaking the record for the shortest song in the chart's history, surpassing

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", which is 37 seconds long. In the United Kingdom, "Steve's Lava Chicken" peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart on May 2, 2025 ‒ for the week ending date May 8, 2025 ‒ during its third week on the chart. It broke the record for the shortest song to ever appear in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. The previous record holder was "

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", a song by

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and

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that was 36 seconds long. The song became Black's highest charting song in Britain, surpassing "

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", a song from the soundtrack for '' The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' (2023).

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