"Sugar" is a song by German DJ and record producer
Robin Schulz
Robin Alexander Schulz (; born 28 April 1987) is a German musician, DJ and record producer. On 4 February 2014, he released the first single from his debut album, a remix of " Waves" by Dutch hip hop artist Mr. Probz. This remix later receiv ...
. It features the vocals from Canadian singer
Francesco Yates. The song was released in Germany on 17 July 2015 as the second single from his
second studio album of the same name. It
interpolates Baby Bash
Ronald Ray Bryant (born October 18, 1969), better known by his stage name Baby Bash (formerly Baby Beesh), is an American rapper. From 1995 until 1998, as part of Dope House Records, after which he changed the last part of his stage name to "Bas ...
's 2003 single "
Suga Suga
"Suga Suga" is a song by American rapper Baby Bash featuring Frankie J. The song was written by both singers and was released on July 21, 2003, as the second and final single from Baby Bash's third studio album, ''Tha Smokin' Nephew'' (2003). It ...
".
Music video
The music video for this song was released onto
YouTube
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on 24 July 2015 and runs for a total length of three minutes and forty-two seconds.
Yates is seen in the video along with a rogue police officer, Officer Finkleman (played by comedian
Nathan Barnatt), who gyrates and grooves to the tune of the song while driving. Schulz also appears on a billboard for a concert. In the end, references are made to the music video of Baby Bash's ''Suga Suga'' when the police officer dresses in the clothes that match those of Baby Bash in that video: a green T-shirt over a white T-shirt, baggy jeans, a chain and a white beanie. At the end of the video, his car meets an accident and tumbles upside down, albeit still leaving the officer dancing as additional police cars arrive at the scene.
Chart performance
The song has become Schulz's most successful song from the album. "Sugar" was a hit in many European countries, peaking atop the singles chart of seven countries including
Austria
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,
Germany
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and
Switzerland where it became his third chart-topper single in all these countries following 2014's singles "
Waves
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Waves may also refer to:
Music
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" and "
Prayer in C". It also attained to peak at number one in the
Czech Republic
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,
Hungary
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,
Poland
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, and
Slovenia
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. In the
United Kingdom
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, "Sugar" outperformed the album's lead single "
Headlights
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" charting in the Top 40 at number 21 and was certified
Gold
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by the
BPI.
In the
United States
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, the song also became a hit, charting on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot 100 chart at number 44, where it became his third highest-charting single after "Waves" at #14, and "Prayer in C" at #23, in 2014. "Sugar" is the only song from the album to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America
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(RIAA).
The song was certified gold in Austria and the UK, platinum in the US, and double platinum in Australia, Germany, and Switzerland, and five-time platinum in Italy.
In 2018, the song was used in a commercial for the
Walmart
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brands George,
Time and Tru and
Wonder Nation clothing brands.
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2015 songs
2015 singles
Number-one singles in Austria
Number-one singles in Germany
Number-one singles in Switzerland
Tropical house songs
Songs written by Happy Perez
Songs written by Robin Schulz
Robin Schulz songs
Songs written by Jürgen Dohr