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at number 59, while its partnered single "WickedSkengMan 4" entered and peaked at number 18 in the same week. Following the failed Christmas number one campaign, "Shut Up" rose from number 99 to number eight on 18 December 2015, becoming Stormzy's second highest-charting single. The song charted at
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entitled "Hotline", in which he directly insulted and "sent for" Stormzy. These were accompanied by a series of insulting tweets. "Shut Up", as well as Stormzy's other songs "Standard", "Hear Dis" and "Scary", are regarded as being diss tracks in response to Cadell.
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on 11 September 2015 as the B-side to the "WickedSkengMan 4" single. It was produced by XTC and written by Stormzy. "Shut Up" was originally released as a freestyle video in May 2015 but gained popularity over the year.
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in 2004, it became one of the most well-known and popular grime instrumentals, and was first vocalled by Discarda on his track "Havana". "Shut Up" was initially only available as a freestyled performance on
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in May 2015. Due to the popularity of the song, a studio version was recorded and released alongside the "WickedSkengMan 4" single, which entered and peaked at number 18 on the
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and J Spades downplayed this achievement, calling Stormzy a "backup dancer" during the performance. Stormzy directly acknowledges this in the opening lyrics of "Shut Up".
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The line "Mention my name in your tweets / Oi rudeboy, shut up" is widely believed to be addressing Cadell, an East London MC and the younger half-brother of
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car park. The video gradually gained millions of views and had reached just under 60 million views as of June 2017 and 100 million as at February 2020.
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The instrumental to the song was produced by grime producer XTC. Titled "Functions on the Low" and originally released by grime collective
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campaign, the song rose to number eight. To date, the song has sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide.
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On 17 May 2015, Stormzy performed a freestyle to "Functions on the Low" in a video on his
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On 12 December 2015, Stormzy performed "Shut Up" during British heavyweight boxer
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channel, which would later become "Shut Up." The video was shot by his fan in a
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campaign on 13 December to get the song to number one in order to rival with
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to represent their music scene, and among these was Stormzy. Fellow artists
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chart and into the top 40. As a result, Stormzy launched a
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to invite "30 goons" onstage during his performance of "
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in September 2015; however, following an unsuccessful
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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It became Stormzy's first top 40 entry. 838:"Nah *** this #ShutUpForXMasNo1 LET'S..." 793: 754: 835: 618: 616: 960:"STORMZY [@STORMZY1] - SHUT UP" 938:"Stormzy drops new freestyle 'Shut Up'" 894:"Stormzy freestyles new song 'Shut Up'" 872:"STORMZY [@STORMZY1] - SHUT UP" 1502: 624:"WickedSkengMan 4 - Single by Stormzy" 1158: 613: 487:UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 334: 317: 296: 984:. Official Charts. December 18, 2015 373: 347: 940:. Crack Magazine. December 18, 2015 300:"WickedSkengMan 4 (Studio Version)" 13: 982:"Stormzy - Official Chart History" 825:. Capital XTRA. December 14, 2015. 769: 688:. Capital XTRA. December 14, 2015. 568: 471: 250: 221:'s ring-walk for his fight versus 14: 1541: 504: 1036:"Official Singles Chart Top 100" 378: 266: 1077: 974: 952: 930: 908: 886: 864: 836:@Stormzy1 (December 13, 2015). 829: 815: 787: 1074:. Retrieved 19 December 2015. 1058:. Retrieved 19 December 2015. 1042:. 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Index

Song
Stormzy
Gang Signs & Prayer
Genre
Grime
Label
Songwriter(s)
Michael Omari
Producer(s)
Stormzy
United Kingdom
UK Singles Chart
Christmas number one
Ruff Sqwad
YouTube
UK Singles Chart
2015 BRIT Awards
Kanye West
Skepta
All Day
grime
British rappers
Big Narstie
Wiley
diss tracks
Anthony Joshua
Dillian Whyte
iTunes
Christmas number one
The X Factor

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