Her recording? She knocks them things out." White said that "it didn't take me more than 10, maybe 15 minutes tops" to produce the record. Once he had the production all ready and sent it over to me, she was ready to go. While he was laying down the snares and the kicks, she was writing to the skeleton of the beat. We were building as the song was forming. Hernandez explained the recording process: "The collaboration was going on at the same time. It was also nominated for Record of the Year.Īccording to engineer Eddie "eMIX" Hernandez, Megan did the song "on the spot", in under an hour. The remix received two awards at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. The remix was critics' second-best song of 2020, with publications such as Lindsey Zoladz of The New York Times, Slate, and The Ringer placing the song at number one on their year-end lists. As of May 2021, the song is certified Quadruple Platinum in the US. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on May 26, 2020, becoming Megan Thee Stallion's first and Beyoncé's seventh number-one single on the chart. "Savage Remix" was met with widespread critical acclaim with praise for Megan and Beyoncé's chemistry and various delivery styles, as well as for fully transforming the song with new verses. It went viral on video-sharing app TikTok, with people performing the "Savage" dance challenge during the song's chorus.Ī remix featuring Beyoncé was surprise released on April 29, 2020, as a single from Megan's debut album Good News.
The song was written by the performer with Anthony White, Bobby Session Jr. It was released on March 6, 2020, as part of her EP Suga and later sent to US Top 40 radio formats on April 7, 2020, by 1501 Certified Entertainment and 300 Entertainment as the third single from the EP.
" Savage" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion. Other copies feature the same artwork with a blue background.