| Freaks | |
| Cover: | Freaks-Timmy-Trumpet-Savage.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Timmy Trumpet and Savage |
| Released: | 8 August 2014 |
| Recorded: | 2014 |
| Genre: | Melbourne bounce |
| Length: | 2:48 |
| Chronology: | Timmy Trumpet |
| Prev Title: | Bleed |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Nightmare |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
"Freaks" is a song by Australian DJ, producer and musician Timmy Trumpet and New Zealand rapper Savage released on 8 August 2014. The song topped the singles chart in New Zealand, was a top 3 hit in Australia, and charted in other countries such as France, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies, seven times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 490,000 copies and quadruple platinum by Recorded Music NZ for sales exceeding 60,000 copies. "Freaks" has exceeded more than 1 billion streams online.[1]
"Freaks" debuted on the ARIA Charts at number 1 in both Dance and Australian Singles, and number 10 overall.[2] It is the highest selling single of all time on Ministry of Sound Australia[3] and won "Highest Selling Single" at the 2015 New Zealand Music Awards.[4]
| Chart (2014) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 9 | |
| France (SNEP)[7] | 146 | |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8] | 26 | |
| Chart (2015) | Position | |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[9] | 64 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] | 42 | |
| France (SNEP)[11] | 117 | |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] | 20 | |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] | 43 |
| Chart (2010–2019) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[14] | 87 | |
| Australian Artist Singles (ARIA) | 12 |
"Freaks" was featured in a 2014 viral video recorded by Russell Bauer (who, in 2017, became director of the New England Conservatorium of Music at the University of New England in Armidale), "When Mama Isn't Home". In the video, Bauer is seen playing the song on trombone, with his son accompanying him by slamming an oven door to the beat. The video inspired remixes and variations of the video with other songs, and was also used as the basis of a commercial by German retailer Otto.[15] [16] [17] [18]