Peru (song)

"Peru"
Cover, shows Fireboy and Shizzi
Single by Fireboy DML
from the album Playboy
Released20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)
GenreAfrobeats
Length2:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Shizzi & Kolten “SippiBoy” Perine
Fireboy DML singles chronology
"Champion"
(2020)
"Peru"
(2021)
"Frozen (Remix)"
(2022)
Music video
"Peru" on YouTube
"Peru"
Single by Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran
from the album Playboy and = (Tour Edition)
Released24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)
GenreAfrobeats
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Fireboy DML
  • Ivory Scott IV
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Kolten Perine
Producer(s)Shizzi & Kolten “SippiBoy” Perine
Ed Sheeran singles chronology
"Sausage Rolls for Everyone"
(2021)
"Peru"
(2021)
"The Joker and the Queen"
(2022)
Music video
"Peru" on YouTube

"Peru" is a song by Nigerian singer Fireboy DML. It was released on 20 July 2021, through YBNL Nation, and distributed by Empire. "Peru" was written by Fireboy DML, Ivory Scott, & Kolten Perine and produced by Shizzi & Perine. On 23 December 2021, a reworked version of "Peru" was released, in collaboration with English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The music video for the version with Sheeran was released on 24 December 2021.[1] An additional remix, featuring rappers 21 Savage and Blxst was also later released. The song was nominated at the 7th annual African Entertainment Awards USA for Song of the Year. The song is not about the country of Peru, but rather a reference to Nigerian singer Peruzzi; the government of Peru nonetheless reacted positively to the song on Twitter.[2]

  1. ^ Kreps, Daniel (25 December 2021). "Ed Sheeran Hops on Remix of Fireboy DML's Hit Single 'Peru' A&R'd by Dashawn " Happie " White". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Peruvian Government Reacts To Fireboy and Ed Sheeran's "Peru"". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 25 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.