Freaks (Timmy Trumpet and Savage song)

"Freaks"
Single by Timmy Trumpet and Savage
Released8 August 2014
Recorded2014
GenreMelbourne bounce
Length2:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Timmy Trumpet singles chronology
"Bleed"
(2013) 		"Freaks"
(2014) 		"Nightmare"
(2014)
Savage singles chronology
"Swing"
(2014) 		"Freaks"
(2014) 		"Take These Shots"
(2014)
Music video
"Freaks" on YouTube

"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ, producer and musician Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand, was a top 3 hit in Australia, and charted in other countries such as France, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies,[1] seven times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 490,000 copies and quadruple platinum by Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 60,000 copies. "Freaks" has exceeded more than 1 billion streams online.[2]

"Freaks" debuted on the ARIA Charts at number 1 in both Dance and Australian Singles, and number 10 overall.[3] It is the highest selling single of all time on Ministry of Sound Australia[4] and won "Highest Selling Single" at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "FREAKS has hit 1 BILLION STREAMS!! 🤯 Cheers fam 🍻 this is all thanks to you 🫶❤️‍🔥 @savage_nz". Instagram.com. February 10, 2024. Archived from the original on February 10, 2024. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "ARIA Statistics Announcement". facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
  4. ^ [1] Archived 2016-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Ministryofsound.com.au
  5. ^ Lydia Jenkin (November 2015). "Broods clean up at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved November 2016