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The song was a record-breaking track that took the UK drill genre to an international level that it previously hadn’t reached, the track was the first Drill track to ever go number 1 in the UK and had a continuous run of 3 weeks at the yop of the UK charts.

The track had help from the remix which featured 3x3E1, ZT, Buggzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, Darkoo, Buni and Ardee, whose lyrics “Have you seen the state of her body(Mad) if I beat it I ain’t wearing a johnny. Adeola wanna roll with a geezer” had a big influence on the virality of the moment, with people using the sound on Tiktok and other apps. The remix currently sits on 79 million youtube views with the original sitting on a still respectable 60 million views.

The Hashtag #bodyremix has more than 200 million views on the app, BBC 1xtra broke the news and were told by the rappers behind the hit that “Tiktok is the new thing, man.” ”It’s great to see everyone get together and make trends go viral. Everyone got involved, We appreciate it.”

Body’s virality made it an international track, the song went number 1 not only in the UK but in Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, as well as this the track went 2x platinum in Australia, platinum in Canada, gold in Denmark, platinum in Italy, gold in Portugal and platinum in the UK. The song didn’t only go viral online but became an international hit.

Since the release of the track, Tion has gone on to release his debut album Green With Envy which featured the chart-topping track as well as tracks alongside the likes of Arrdee, Polo G, NSG, D-block Europe, Raye, Afro B, Davido, 6lack, Joe Black, Rimzee, Scorcher and Potter Payper. A project that debuted 5th on the official charts, Tion also went to feature on the remix of Ed Sheeran’s chart-topper “Bad Habits” which sat at number one for 11 weeks and featured a remix with Tion Wayne, Central Cee and Fumez the engineer.

Russ hasn’t been as active since the release of “Body” having dropped appeared on 4 singles, 3 of which were the rappers solo singles and one which featured Raye and wewantwraiths and was a single by producer duo Dabeatfreaks. Russ singles were titled “6:30” which currently sits on just over 9.5 million Spotify streams, “Exciting” with 4 million Spotify streams and “Baby Shark” which currently has 24 million Spotify streams.

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The duo has sat on the top of the charts for three weeks with their drill song ‘Body’, the first drill song to go number one in the UK. The song has over 40 million Spotify streams and has continued to grow through Tiktok and the first remix which featured, Ardee, E1, ZT, Bugzy Malone, Buni, Fivio Foreign and Darkoo, and currently has 55 million Spotify streams.

This is not the drill rappers first chart success after releasing ‘Keisha & Becky’ in 2019, which similarly to ‘Body’ was followed by a remix that featured, Aitch, Swarmz, Sav’o and Jay 1, and helped the single reach number seven in the charts.

Individually Tion has had 5 top tens, the two featuring Russ, Nsgs’ ‘Options, ‘I Dunno’ with Stormzy and Dutchavelli, and a feature with Swarmz on KSIs song ‘Houdini’. Russ has had three, the two with Tion and his own single ‘Gun Lean’, which can be seen to have been one of the first commercial drill songs that gained chart success.

Jack Harlow rose to fame after the success of his single ‘What poppin’ a song that similarly to ‘Body’ was assisted and skyrocketed by its use on social media, especially TikTok. The 23-year-old who is signed to Atlantic records jumped on the drill hit with references to Chelsea American winger Christian Pulisic, Fulhams black and white kits and Bed, bath and beyond.

The Remix to ‘Body’ featuring Jack Harlow is available on all digital platforms.

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Drill is a style of trap music that originated in Chicago, most easily recognized by its dark and distorted 808 bass patterns. Because the lyrical content and background of many of its rappers is rooted in very realistic experiences with violence and anger, it has often been criticized for inciting criminal behaviour. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick attempted to take down drill videos on social media back in 2018, claiming they encourage violence. People involved in the UK drill scene, however, see it very differently.

Austin Deboh, executive Vice President of Atlantic Records explains, “Drill music gives a voice to the youth, and it’s an outlet for them to express themselves.” And now that ‘Body‘ is at the top of the charts, the landscape of drill in the UK is forever changed. The appreciation for the genre is more evident, and it doesn’t appear to be dwindling any time soon. Martin Talbot, chief executive of Official Charts Company, sees the importance of this shift as “a brand new high point for drill and perhaps the beginning of a new era for the official singles chart.”

You can watch the full video of ‘Body’ below.