Maniac (Conan Gray song)

"Maniac"
Single by Conan Gray
from the album Kid Krow
ReleasedOctober 24, 2019
Genre
Length3:05
LabelRepublic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dan Nigro
Conan Gray singles chronology
"Comfort Crowd"
(2019) 		"Maniac"
(2019) 		"The Story"
(2020)
Music video
"Conan Gray - Maniac" on YouTube

"Maniac" is a song by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray. Republic Records released it as the third single from his debut studio album Kid Krow on October 24, 2019. "Maniac" was written by Gray and Dan Nigro, who also produced the song. The song has been certified Platinum in Australia, Brazil, Canada and the United States, becoming his first certifications in all four countries. In early 2020, the song was successful on international mainstream pop radio.[3][4][5][6][7][8] It had gained 50 million accumulative streams on Spotify by January 2020,[9] before clocking 90 million streams only two months later.[10] The song also trended on the video-sharing platform TikTok, debuting in the app's Top 25 trending chart.[11]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference OTW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (18 September 2020). "Here Are 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Betting Big on Conan Gray". Billboard. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Radio goes crazy for Conan Gray's 'Maniac' up 98 spins to No. 8". Radioinfo Australia. April 9, 2020. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. ^ conan gray [@conangray] (February 26, 2020). "'Maniac' is playing on [BBC Radio 1].. y'all we on radio :,))) Thank you for making it Tune of the Week" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Cantor, Brian (March 1, 2020). "Lauv's "Modern Loneliness," Conan Gray's "Maniac" Enter Top 50 At Pop Radio". Headline Planet. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "Maniac - Conan Gray". Top-Charts.com. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Cantor, Brian (February 18, 2020). "Sam Smith's "To Die For" Ranks As Pop Radio's Most Added Song". Headline Planet. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  9. ^ conan gray updates [@conanupdating] (January 28, 2020). "maniac has reached 98 million streams on spotify! this is conan's first song to reach this milestone, congrats @conangray!! (1/28)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Munzenrieder, Kyle (March 18, 2020). "Conan Gray Is the Sad-Boy Pop Superstar No One Over 25 Has Heard Of". W Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "Conan Gray debuts music video for new single "The Story"". Pressparty. January 16, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.