Final Form (song)

This article is about the Sampa the Great song. For other uses, see Final Form (disambiguation).
"Final Form"
Single by Sampa the Great
from the album The Return
Released5 June 2019 (2019-06-05)
Length3:36
LabelNinja Tune
Songwriter(s)Sampa Tembo, Alejandro John Abapo, Leon Sylvers
Sampa the Great singles chronology
"Energy"
(2018) 		"Final Form"
(2019) 		"OMG"
(2019)
Music video
"Final Form" on YouTube

"Final Form" is a song by Zambian singer/songwriter Sampa the Great. The song was released on 5 June 2019[1] as the second single from Sampa the Great's debut studio album, The Return. The song samples The Sylvers' 1973 funk track "Stay Away from Me" and Blood, Sweat & Tears’ “Spinning Wheel”.[2]

Sampa described the song as being about "expanding yourself and calling out any negativity towards that growth process".[3]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the song won the ARIA award for Best Hip Hop Release.[4] At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.[5]

  1. ^ "Final Form – Single by Sampa the Great on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ Tait, Madelyn (12 September 2019). "Sampa The Great / The Return". The Music. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ABC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "2019 ARIA Award Winners Announced". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "APRA Has Revealed The 2020 Song Of The Year Finalists". The Music. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.