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"Shut Up" is a song by English rapper Stormzy. The song was released independently for digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2015 as the B-side to the "WickedSkengMan 4" single. It was produced by XTC and written by Stormzy. "Shut Up" was originally released as a freestyle video in May 2015 but gained popularity over the year.
The song initially entered at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2015; however, following a Christmas number one campaign, the song rose to number eight.
The instrumental to the song was produced by grime producer XTC. Titled "Functions on the Low" and originally released by grime collective Ruff Sqwad in 2004, it became one of the most well-known and popular grime instrumentals. "Shut Up" was initially only available as a freestyled performance on YouTube in May 2015. Due to the popularity of the song, a studio version was recorded and released alongside the "WickedSkengMan 4" single, which entered and peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It became Stormzy's first top 40 entry.
At the 2015 BRIT Awards, Kanye West called upon Skepta to invite "30 goons" onstage during his performance of "All Day". Skepta chose to invite a collective of grime MCs and British rappers to represent their music scene, and among these was Stormzy. Fellow British rappers Big Narstie and J Spades downplayed this achievement, calling Stormzy a "backup dancer" during the performance. Stormzy directly acknowledges this in the opening lyrics of "Shut Up".
The line "Mention my name in your tweets / Oi rudeboy, shut up" is widely believed to be addressing Cadell, an East London MC and the younger half-brother of Wiley. Throughout 2015, Cadell released a series of diss tracks entitled "Hotline", in which he directly insulted and "sent for" Stormzy. These were accompanied by a series of insulting tweets. "Shut Up", as well as Stormzy's other songs "Standard", "Hear Dis" and "Scary", are regarded as being diss tracks in response to Cadell.
On 17 May 2015, a performed version of "Shut Up" was uploaded onto Stormzy's YouTube channel. The freestyle video was shot by his fan in a South London car park. The video gradually gained millions of views and has reached just under 60 million views as of June 2017.
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"Shut Up" is a song by English rapper Stormzy. The song was released independently for digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2015 as the B-side to the "WickedSkengMan 4" single. It was produced by XTC and written by Stormzy. "Shut Up" was originally released as a freestyle video in May 2015 but gained popularity over the year.
The song initially entered at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2015; however, following a Christmas number one campaign, the song rose to number eight.
The instrumental to the song was produced by grime producer XTC. Titled "Functions on the Low" and originally released by grime collective Ruff Sqwad in 2004, it became one of the most well-known and popular grime instrumentals. "Shut Up" was initially only available as a freestyled performance on YouTube in May 2015. Due to the popularity of the song, a studio version was recorded and released alongside the "WickedSkengMan 4" single, which entered and peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It became Stormzy's first top 40 entry.
At the 2015 BRIT Awards, Kanye West called upon Skepta to invite "30 goons" onstage during his performance of "All Day". Skepta chose to invite a collective of grime MCs and British rappers to represent their music scene, and among these was Stormzy. Fellow British rappers Big Narstie and J Spades downplayed this achievement, calling Stormzy a "backup dancer" during the performance. Stormzy directly acknowledges this in the opening lyrics of "Shut Up".
The line "Mention my name in your tweets / Oi rudeboy, shut up" is widely believed to be addressing Cadell, an East London MC and the younger half-brother of Wiley. Throughout 2015, Cadell released a series of diss tracks entitled "Hotline", in which he directly insulted and "sent for" Stormzy. These were accompanied by a series of insulting tweets. "Shut Up", as well as Stormzy's other songs "Standard", "Hear Dis" and "Scary", are regarded as being diss tracks in response to Cadell.
On 17 May 2015, a performed version of "Shut Up" was uploaded onto Stormzy's YouTube channel. The freestyle video was shot by his fan in a South London car park. The video gradually gained millions of views and has reached just under 60 million views as of June 2017.
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