"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ, producer and musician
Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper
Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand, was a top 3 hit in Australia, and charted in other countries such as France, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies,[1] seven times platinum by the
Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 490,000 copies and quadruple platinum by
Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 60,000 copies. "Freaks" has exceeded more than 1 billion streams online.[2]
"Freaks" debuted on the ARIA Charts at number 1 in both Dance and Australian Singles, and number 10 overall.[3] It is the highest selling single of all time on
Ministry of Sound Australia[4] and won "Highest Selling Single" at the
2015 New Zealand Music Awards.[5]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
In popular culture
"Freaks" was featured in a 2014
viral video recorded by Russell Bauer (who, in 2017, became director of the New England Conservatorium of Music at the
University of New England in
Armidale), "When Mama Isn't Home". In the video, Bauer is seen playing the song on
trombone, with his son accompanying him by slamming an
oven door to the beat. The video inspired remixes and variations of the video with other songs, and was also used as the basis of a commercial by German retailer
Otto.[38][39][40][41]
"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ, producer and musician
Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper
Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand, was a top 3 hit in Australia, and charted in other countries such as France, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies,[1] seven times platinum by the
Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 490,000 copies and quadruple platinum by
Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 60,000 copies. "Freaks" has exceeded more than 1 billion streams online.[2]
"Freaks" debuted on the ARIA Charts at number 1 in both Dance and Australian Singles, and number 10 overall.[3] It is the highest selling single of all time on
Ministry of Sound Australia[4] and won "Highest Selling Single" at the
2015 New Zealand Music Awards.[5]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
In popular culture
"Freaks" was featured in a 2014
viral video recorded by Russell Bauer (who, in 2017, became director of the New England Conservatorium of Music at the
University of New England in
Armidale), "When Mama Isn't Home". In the video, Bauer is seen playing the song on
trombone, with his son accompanying him by slamming an
oven door to the beat. The video inspired remixes and variations of the video with other songs, and was also used as the basis of a commercial by German retailer
Otto.[38][39][40][41]