Panda (song)

"Panda"
Single by Desiigner
Released December 20, 2015 (2015-12-20)[1]
February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26) (re-released)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre Trap
Length 4:01
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Menace
Desiigner singles chronology
"Panda"
(2015)		 "Strapped & Ready"
(2016)

"Panda" is the commercial debut single by American rapper Desiigner. The song premiered on December 15, 2015, and was released for digital download on the iTunes Store as a single on December 20, 2015, before being re-released on February 26, 2016.[2] The song was written by Desiigner and its producer Menace. "Panda" was heavily sampled by Designer's fellow GOOD Music label-mate and founder Kanye West, for "Pt. 2", a song on West's seventh studio album The Life of Pablo, and inspired a number of remixes. The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100, making Desiigner the first American artist to top the chart after 41 weeks.[3]

Composition

"Panda" is a trap song.[4] The hook, layered over a Menace beat, was written about Desiigner’s affinity for the BMW X6. Explained by Desiigner, lyrically "the panda is the black X6 and the white X6. The black X6 look like a Phantom, the white X6 look like a panda. I’m just putting it in a greater way of how I say and the way I live."[5]

Commercial performance

"Panda" debuted at number 96 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the chart issue dated March 12, 2016,[6] and reached the top five in its seventh week.[7] On its ninth week, "Panda" reached number one on the Hot 100 for the chart dated May 7, 2016. The feat ended a record-setting 41-week streak of non-Americans topping the chart. Desiigner is the first rapper to crown the Hot 100 with a debut chart entry since Iggy Azalea arrived with "Fancy" (featuring Charli XCX), which ruled for seven weeks beginning June 7, 2014. At 18 years and 11 months old, Desiigner is the youngest artist to top the Hot 100 since Lorde, who was 16 years and 11 months old when "Royals" assumed the top spot (for nine weeks) on October 12, 2013.[8]

Among the Hot 100's component charts, "Panda" has peaked at number 2 on Digital Songs and 27 on Radio Songs, and has topped Streaming Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and Hot Rap Songs.[9][10] As of April 14, 2016, it has sold 303,826 copies in the United States.[11]

In the media

"Panda" was used by NBA player Shaquille O'Neal as his WrestleMania 32 entrance music.[12]

Remixes

"Panda" has been unofficially remixed several times by various rappers, including T-Pain, Uncle Murda, Dave East, Lupe Fiasco, Meek Mill, Lil' Kim, Maino, and Kurt Hugo Schneider among others.[13][14] A Spanish remix version was released by Puerto Rican reggaeton artists Farruko, Daddy Yankee, Almighty and Cosculluela.[13]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 16
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 46
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[18] 8
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 4
Denmark (Tracklisten)[20] 14
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 16
France (SNEP)[22] 34
Germany (Official German Charts)[23] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[24] 27
Italy (FIMI)[25] 41
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[27] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[28] 16
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[29] 74
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[33] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[34] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[35] 33

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
New Zealand (RMNZ)[36] Gold 7,500

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales/streaming figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://play.spotify.com/album/10SXc3iRbTNEyASJKu7rYa
  2. ↑ "Panda - Single". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Desiigner, the Rapper Who Sounds Like Future, Now Has What Future Doesn't: A No. 1 Single". GQ. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ Peltz, Jonathan (April 12, 2016). "'Panda' Rapper Desiigner on Why His Mind Operates in a 'Crazy' Way and Working With Kanye West". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Interview: Desiigner Talks About the Success of "Panda" and Comparisons to Future". Complex. February 18, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Hot 100 (March 12, 2016)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  7. ↑ "The Hot 100 (April 23, 2016)". Billboard. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  8. ↑ Trust, Gary (April 25, 2016). "Desiigner's 'Panda' Claws to No. 1 on Hot 100, Bringing Americans Back to the Top". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/6897402/desiigner/chart
  10. ↑ "Desiigner's 'Panda' Claws to No. 1 on Hot 100, Bringing Americans Back to the Top". Billboard. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Desiigner & Rihanna". HipHopDX. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Shaquille O'Neal Walks Out To Desiigner's "Panda" At Wrestlemania 32". HipHopDX. April 4, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "8 “Panda” Remixes You Need to Hear". XXL. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "T-Pain Hopped On Desiigner's “Panda”". Fader. April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  15. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. May 9, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Desiigner – Panda" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Desiigner – Panda" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Desiigner – Panda" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Desiigner – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Desiigner. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  20. ↑ http://hitlisten.nu/default.asp?list=t40
  21. ↑ "Desiigner: Panda" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Desiigner – Panda" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Desiigner – Panda". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 18, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Top Digital - Classifica settimanale WK 18 (dal 2016-04-29 al 2016-05-05)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Desiigner – Panda" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  27. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. May 9, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  28. ↑ http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/2016/uke/18
  29. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-04-28". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Desiigner – Panda". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  32. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-05-12" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  33. ↑ "Desiigner – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Desiigner. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Desiigner – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Desiigner. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Desiigner – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Desiigner. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  36. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Desiigner – Panda". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

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