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Goosebumps (Travis Scott song)
2016 single by Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Goosebumps" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by American rapper Travis Scott featuring fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was sent to rhythmic radio on December 13, 2016, by Grand Hustle Records and Epic Records as the third single from Scott's second studio album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.[1]
Spanish DJ and producer Hvme released a reworked deep house version of the song in mid-2020, accruing millions of streams. However, it was only officially released with Scott's approval on January 15, 2021.[2][3] The remix debuted at number 85 and later peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
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Background
During an interview with Billboard, Scott explained how he came into contact with Lamar for "Goosebumps":
I met him at the MTV Video Music Awards one year and he came up to me and was just like, "Yo, man, I fuck with your music. It's super dope and inspirational." I was like, whoa, this is the best rapper in the globe – he fucks with my music! That's one of the things that made me want to keep working on my music and try to keep it going 'cause I'm not the most rappity rap ass nigga. That's not me but I really love Kendrick's music. I really love André [3000]'s music. I really love 'Ye's shit. I really love Jay's shit. I like rappers. It's just dope that these dudes came to La Flame's world to get down on some ill beats.[4]
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Music video
The music video was released on April 3, 2017. It was directed by Brthr. Billboard compared it to a "phantasmagorical video-game cut scene", and The Fader called it "a hallucinogenic trip that shows a glimpse of what a zombie movie set in Houston, Texas might look like."[5][6] The video begins with Scott as a flaming skeleton.[7] After that, it features colorful CGI visuals and strange animations.[7][5] Scott falls through the sky in a thunderstorm and a snake crawls out of his eye socket.[8] At the end of the video, Scott turns into a half man, half bird creature, as pictured on the cover of Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight.[8]
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Chart performance
"Goosebumps" debuted at number 92 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 24, 2016.[9] The song then re-entered the chart several times and peaked at number 32, becoming his third top 40 hit. In January 2017, the song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 equivalent-units in the United States. The song was certified Platinum in March 2017.[10] The song was certified 17-time platinum in October 2025, beating Drake's "God's Plan" as the highest-certified rap song.[11][12]
Live performances
On January 21, 2017, Scott performed "Goosebumps" on Jimmy Kimmel Live.[13] Scott broke a Guinness World Record in 2017 for the most consecutive performances of a song during a show after he performed "Goosebumps" 15 times in a row.[14] Coldplay covered the song in a November 2024 show on their Music of The Spheres Tour.[15]
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HVME version
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A cover of the track by Spanish DJ HVME (pronounced "hume"[73]) was released on June 12, 2020.[74] The official music video premiered days later, on June 18, 2020; through record label Lithuania HQ's YouTube channel.[75] The cover version managed to chart in several European countries as Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.[3]
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Travis Scott and HVME remix
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Due to its success and rising popularity, the HVME cover was officially released with Scott's approval on January 15, 2021. The remix debuted at number 85 and later peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart.
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In popular culture
The song is featured in the soundtrack for the 2018 film The Hate U Give.[156][2] The song was also featured in the 2023 supernatural horror series Goosebumps, based on the eponymous children's novel series by R.L. Stine.[157]
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