Levitating

"Levitating"
Single by Dua Lipa
from the album Future Nostalgia
Released	1 October 2020
Genre	Funk disco-boogie
Length	3:24
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Dua Lipa Sarah Hudson Clarence Coffee Jr. Stephen Kozmeniuk
Producer(s)	Stuart Price KOZ
Dua Lipa singles chronology
"Break My Heart" (2020) "Levitating" (2020) "We're Good" (2021)

"Levitating (Remix)"
Remix by Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby
from the album Club Future Nostalgia and Future Nostalgia: Moonlight Edition
Released	1 October 2020
Length	3:23
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Dua Lipa Sarah Hudson Clarence Coffee Jr. Stephen Kozmeniuk DaBaby[1]
Producer(s)	Stuart Price KOZ

"Levitating" is a song by English recording artist Dua Lipa, from her second studio album, Future Nostalgia (2020). The song was released as a remix with American rapper DaBaby on October 1, 2020. It was written by Dua Lipa, Sarah Hudson, Clarence Coffee Jr., and KOZ, who produced the song with Stuart Price.^[2]

It is a funk^[3] and disco-boogie song^[4] that runs for three minutes and 24 seconds.

The DaBaby remix of the song has peaked at number one on the Canadian Hot 100^[5] and at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US,^[6] tying her peak there with "Don't Start Now". After DaBaby allegedly made homophobic remarks at a concert, his credit was removed from the remix on the Hot 100.^[7]

"Levitating" topped the US year-end Hot 100 for 2021, marking the first time in 20 years that a song that did not reach number one on the weekly chart topped the year-end chart, since Lifehouse's "Hanging by a Moment" in 2001.^[8] It also topped the year-end Canadian Hot 100 for 2021.^[9] It also became the longest-running song in the top ten by a lead female in Billboard history, breaking the record set by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live".^[10] It also charted for 65 weeks, the longest-charting song by a female in Billboard history.^[11]

On November 10, 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that "Levitating" was certified Diamond in the US for shipments and streams equal to 10 million copies sold there.^[12]

Charts

Weekly charts [13][14] Chart (2020–21) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[15] 4 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 12 Belgium (Flanders) Remix featuring DaBaby 32 Belgium (Wallonia) Remix featuring DaBaby 27 Bulgaria 2 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) Remix featuring DaBaby 1 Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 9 Finland Remix featuring DaBaby 11 France (SNEP)[18] 24 Germany 16 Ireland (IRMA)[19] 4 Italy (FIMI)[20] 41 Netherlands Remix featuring DaBaby 20 New Zealand (RMNZ) Remix featuring DaBaby 5 Norway (VG-lista)[21] 7 Portugal 5 Spain Remix featuring DaBaby 74 Sweden Remix featuring DaBaby 20 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 11 UK Singles Chart (OCC)[23] 5 US Billboard Hot 100 Remix featuring DaBaby 2 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) Remix featuring DaBaby 1

Year-end charts Chart (2021) Rank Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 1 US Billboard Hot 100 1 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United States (RIAA)[24] Diamond 10,000,000 ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

References

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5. "Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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8. Trust, Gary; Caulfield, Keith (2021-12-02). "The Year in Charts 2021: Dua Lipa's 'Levitating' Is the No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Song of the Year". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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12. "'Levitating': Dua Lipa Makes History with Decade's First Diamond Hit by a Female Vocalist [RIAA] - That Grape Juice". thatgrapejuice.net. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
13. "australian-charts.com - Dua Lipa - Levitating". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
14. "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
15. "Dua Lipa – Levitating". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
16. "Dua Lipa – Levitating" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
17. "Dua Lipa – Levitating". Tracklisten.
18. "Dua Lipa – Levitating" (in French). Les classement single.
19. "Levitating by Dua Lipa - Music Charts". acharts.co. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
20. "Dua Lipa – Levitating". Top Digital Download.
21. "Dua Lipa – Levitating". VG-lista.
22. "Dua Lipa – Levitating". Swiss Singles Chart.
23. "levitating | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
24. "American single certifications – Dua Lipa – Levitating". Recording Industry Association of America.