Back in Blood (song)

"Back in Blood" is a song by American rapper Pooh Shiesty featuring fellow American rapper Lil Durk. It was released through Atlantic Records and 1017 Records on November 5, 2020, as the lead single from the former's debut mixtape, Shiesty Season (2021), and two days before his twenty-first birthday. The two artists wrote the song alongside its producer, YC. The song marks the first collaboration between the two artists, and they later reunited in 2021 on Lil Durk's song "Should've Ducked", a track off of the deluxe edition of his sixth studio album, The Voice.^[2]

"Back in Blood"
Single by Pooh Shiesty featuring Lil Durk
from the album Shiesty Season
Released	November 5, 2020
Recorded	2020
Studio	Savage Inc.
Genre	Hip hop drill[1] trap
Length	3:04
Label	Atlantic 1017
Songwriter(s)	Lontrell Williams, Jr. Durk Banks Christopher Pearson
Producer(s)	YC
Pooh Shiesty singles chronology
"Shiesty Flow" (2020) "Back in Blood" (2020) "Ben 10" (2020)
Lil Durk singles chronology
"Stay Down" (2020) "Back in Blood" (2020) "Hasta Luego" (2020)
Music video
"Back in Blood" on YouTube

Commercial performance

"Back in Blood" debuted at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100. It later peaked at number 13. The song marks Pooh Shiesty's first song to enter the chart and his highest-charting song, while also served as Lil Durk's second highest-charting song, following his feature on Canadian rapper Drake's single "Laugh Now Cry Later", which debuted and peaked at number 2, it was released on August 14, 2020. On February 22, 2021, the song was certified gold.^[3]

Live performances

On February 11, 2021, Pooh Shiesty performed a piano version of "Back in Blood" (without Lil Durk) alongside "Guard Up", two songs from his mixtape, live on Audiomack.^[4] He performed the two songs again live on Vevo CTRL on February 26, 2021.^[5] Shiesty performed the song on April 14, 2021, on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with Durk assisting him.^[6]

Remixes

Remixes of "Back in Blood" have been performed by Asian Doll,^[7] Cupcakke,^[8] Pooh Shiesty's labelmate K Shiday^[9] and Joyner Lucas.^[10]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[11]

• Pooh Shiesty – lead vocals, songwriting
• Lil Durk – featured vocals, songwriting
• YC – production, songwriting
• Skywalker Og – mixing, mastering, engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Back in Blood" Chart (2020–2021) Peak position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 43 Global 200 (Billboard)[13] 29 US Billboard Hot 100[14] 13 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 6 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[16] 20

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Back in Blood" Chart (2021) Position Global 200 (Billboard)[17] 149 US Billboard Hot 100[18] 39 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 23

Certifications

Certifications for "Back in Blood"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[20]	Platinum	80,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21]	Gold	15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	Gold	400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[23]	5× Platinum	5,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Back in Blood"

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	November 6, 2020	CD single digital download streaming	Atlantic 1017	[24]
United States	January 26, 2021	Urban contemporary radio		[25]