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| Single by SZA | ||||
| from the album SOS | ||||
| Written | 2021 | |||
| Released | April 25, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2021 | |||
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| Length | 3:21 | |||
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| "Snooze" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Snooze" (acoustic) on YouTube | ||||
"Snooze" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA and the sixth single from her second studio album, SOS (2022). It is an R&B and pop song with a midtempo rhythm, featuring an instrumental that consists of bass, guitars, drums, and synthesizers. The main vocals are complemented by several layers of harmonies beneath, and a riff appears at the song's beginning. The lyrics are about SZA's obsessive devotion to a love interest who does not reciprocate her intense feelings of yearning, despite her willingness to prove her love with violence. "Snooze" was sent to radio on April 25, 2023, and a four-track single was released on digital streaming platforms on August 25. An acoustic version featuring Justin Bieber followed on September 15.
The song received significant critical and commercial success. Many critics praised it primarily for its composition, describing it as dreamy, relaxing, and timeless, and it won accolades for R&B categories at the Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked it as one of the best R&B songs of the 21st century. "Snooze" was also the 17th-best-selling single of 2023 and was a sleeper hit worldwide. It debuted at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 2022, staying on the chart for months as a non-single until it was officially promoted on radio. It peaked at number two on the chart, spent 70 weeks there in total, and was the only song to chart for all of 2023. It additionally broke the record for the most weeks atop the US urban radio chart, with 37.
A music video for "Snooze", directed by SZA alongside Bradley J. Calder, premiered on YouTube on August 25. It features cameos from four celebrities, one of them being Bieber, who play SZA's love interests. They can be seen with SZA in a multitude of romantic interactions, but eventually, their relationships deteriorate and end. The video concludes with a snippet of an upcoming song, "DTM (Diamond Boy)" from SZA's third studio album Lana, a promotion strategy she has consistently been doing to tease new music. Outside of the music video, SZA performed "Snooze" during the SOS Tour (2023–2024) and an assortment of music festivals like Glastonbury 2024; multiple musicians, including Bieber, have done covers of the song.