Praise the Lord (Da Shine)


"Praise the Lord " is a song by American rapper ASAP Rocky, with featured vocals from English rapper Skepta, released as the second single from his third studio album Testing on June 26, 2018. It marks the third collaboration between both artists, following Skepta's appearance on and ASAP Rocky's appearance on Skepta's Vicious EP in 2017.
The song was successful in a number of countries, peaking at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and gold by the British Phonographic Industry.

Background

and Skepta had collaborated twice prior to the release of Praise the Lord, working on ASAP Mob's in 2016 and Skepta's Vicious EP in 2017. In his Verified video with Genius, Rocky revealed the entirety of the song was written in London while both him and Skepta were heavily under the influence of LSD. The song features a sample from "Andean Stroll Panpipe 02" from Apple's GarageBand Jam Pack: World Music add-on for GarageBand.

Music video

The music video was directed by Dexter Navy and released to ASAP Rocky's YouTube channel on June 5, 2018. It features a split screen showing scenes filmed in both New York and London, with cameo appearances from members of ASAP Mob and Skepta's younger brother Jme. As of October 23 2019, it has been viewed over 240 million times.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Latvia 28

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