"Dinner Guest" is a song recorded by British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

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featuring British rapper

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. It was released as a single on 29 April 2020 as the lead single from the former's second studio album '' Flu Game'' (2021). The song peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, spending a total of 12 weeks in the top ten. The song features a sample of "

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" by Nightcrawlers.

Production

The song was written in January 2020 and saw a collaboration in production between AJ Tracey and The Elements. As a result of the

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, Tracey announced that all first week download profits from sales of "Dinner Guest" would be donated to the

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Urgent Appeal to support

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staff and volunteers. This followed his appearance on the

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charity single " Times Like These", which topped the chart and also raised money for the NHS. Tracey used a sample of "

" by Scottish

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producers Nightcrawlers as the hook for the song. It was one of two songs released in 2020 to sample "Push the Feeling On", the other being "House Party" by

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featuring Fredo.

Chart performance

"Dinner Guest" entered the top 10 on its first week of release, making its bows at number 8. It hovered between positions 8 to 10 for six weeks before rising to number 6 and finally its peak of number five on the chart week ending 25 June 2020.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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