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Need You

Fireboy DML

As of 2026-10-12, "Need You" by Fireboy DML has charted in 7 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #7 (NG) on the Rotation chart.

Markets
7
First seen
2026-07-20
Latest chart date
2026-10-12
Peak
#7 ng

Started in 1 market, now in 7.

Why it's moving

  • Breaking in English-speaking Africa, French-speaking Africa and the Anglosphere: Cameroon, Nigeria, the US, Zambia
  • #7 on Shazam in 3 countriesAug 29
  • Climbed #144 → #70 in the US (Boomplay's own position, a signal, not a score)Aug 20
  • Climbed #146 → #94 in the US (Boomplay's own position, a signal, not a score)Aug 26
Signal breakdown
Velocity41.5
Play growth0.0
Breadth6.8
Acceleration2.3
Discovery50.7
New entry0.0
Sources moving3

Score 21.9

Why it's here

"Need You" is a Pheelz-produced track from Fireboy DML's debut album Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps, released on 29 November 2019, and continues to register Shazam identifications as a catalog title rather than a new release. [1]

stapleDrafted 2026-09-01Confidence 0.20

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. United Kingdomgb · boomplay#55
  3. Russiaru · boomplay#8
  4. Francefr · boomplay#79
  5. Nigeriang · deezer shazam spotify turntable · 4 cities#7
  6. United Statesus · boomplay#28
  7. Zambiazm · shazam#57
  8. Camerooncm · shazam#144

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

  1. ng 4 cities · best #7 benin city

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Elsewhere

Editions

  1. 2026-08-29Chart-only editionE23
  2. 2026-08-26Chart-only editionE24

Identity

ISRC
USUYG1281970

The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.

Slug
fireboy-dml__need-you

Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).

Sources
boomplay, deezer, shazam, spotify, turntable

Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.

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Ranks and positions only. We hold no licensed stream counts and never imply one. Every date on this page is the date the source chart covers.

Data: Apple Music, Shazam, Spotify, Deezer · Chart: Rotation