Christmas Drillings Explained

Christmas Drillings
Cover:Sidemen - Christmas Drillings.png
Type:single
Artist:the Sidemen featuring Jme
Genre:Drill[1]
Length:3:12
Label:Self-released
Producer:Nyge
Chronology:Sidemen
Prev Title:This or That
Prev Year:2022

"Christmas Drillings" is a song by the British YouTube group Sidemen featuring British rapper Jme. The song was written and performed by KSI, TBJZL, Vikkstar123, and Jme as part of a Sidemen Sunday video.[2] The song was produced by Nyge.

Background

The song is one of two singles released on 5 December as part of the weekly Sidemen Sunday videos in which two teams are selected to either be on the "good team" with a budget of $100,000 or the "bad team", which has a budget of $100. KSI, TBJZL, Vikkstar123 and Jme were selected for the good team while Miniminter, Behzinga, Zerkaa, W2S and Randolph were selected for the bad team.[3] The good team wrote and recorded a Christmas tune titled "Christmas Drillings" with references to the roadman style of living during the festive season using a drill type beat produced by Nyge. The bad team wrote and recorded a Christmas tune titled "This or That" in which they make references to Santa Claus breaking and entering while delivering presents.[4]

The group declared that the song with the most music video views and streams would be crowned the winner and all proceeds generated donated to FareShare.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[6] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2022)! scope="col"
Position
Hungary (Single Top 40)[7] 50

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormat(s)Version Label(s)
Various4 December 2022OriginalSelf-released
15 December 2022Edm Mix
House Mix
Slowed Remix
Sped-up Remix
19 December 2022Choir Remix[8]
Sing Along Remix[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LadBaby: Food Aid is the UK's Christmas number one . Savage . Mark . 23 December 2022 . . en-GB . 23 December 2022 . YouTube supergroup Sidemen, who had hoped to become the first drill act to top the festive chart, ended the week in third position..
  2. Web site: Partidge . Ken . 7 December 2022 . British YouTube Crew Sidemen Take Aim At Santa On New Song "Christmas Drillings" . Genius.
  3. Web site: Sidemen . 4 December 2022 . SIDEMEN $100,000 vs $100 CHRISTMAS SONG . YouTube.
  4. Web site: Smith . Carl . 7 December 2022 . Christmas Number 1 2022 contenders revealed: LadBaby, Sidemen, Stormzy, Mariah Carey and more . Official Charts Company.
  5. Web site: 3 November 2022 . Christmas Drillings by Sidemen on TIDAL . Tidal.
  6. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. 12 December 2022. 10 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Single Top 100 – eladási darabszám alapján – 2022. Mahasz. hu. 3 February 2023. 3 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230203162441/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2022. live.
  8. Web site: Christmas Drillings (Choir Remix) - Single by Sidemen ft. Max Fosh on Apple Music . 19 December 2022 . Apple Music.
  9. Web site: Christmas Drillings (Sing Along Remix) - Single by Sidemen on Apple Music . 19 December 2022 . Apple Music.