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Nuts (song)

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"Nuts"
Single by Lil Peep featuring Rainy Bear
from the album Live Forever
B-side"Flannel"
ReleasedDecember 2, 2015 (2015-12-02)
Recorded2015
Genre
Length1:25
Songwriter(s)
  • Gustav Åhr
  • Rainy Bear
  • William Gardner
  • Baron Black
  • Michael Furjanic
  • Neill Livingston
Producer(s)Willie G
Music video
"Nuts" on YouTube
Audio sample
Lil Peep ft. Rainy Bear – "Nuts"

"Nuts" (stylized in all lowercase) is a single by American rapper Lil Peep featuring fellow American rapper Rainy Bear from his second mixtape, Live Forever (2015). The song was re-released posthumously as a single on December 17, 2021 through AWAL due to sample clearance issues, and saw a huge surge of popularity on platforms such as TikTok.

"Nuts" was written by Lil Peep along with Rainy Bear, Baron Black and the producer Millie G. A combination of emo rap and other subgenres, the song contains lyrics about love and drugs.

Background and sampling

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"Nuts" samples "Bright Lights", from the Jesus Camp soundtrack by Force Theory, the track was produced by Willie G.[3][2] Due to sample clearance issues,[4] the song would later be re-released posthumously as a single on December 17, 2021,[1][5] through AWAL.[5] The single saw an increase in popularity on platforms such as TikTok.[4] Rainy Bear, previously known as Lil Skil[6] was featured in the credits.[7]

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Nuts"
Region Date Format(s) Version(s) Label Ref.
Various December 2, 2015
Original
  • AUTNMY
 [2]
December 17, 2021
  • Re-release
 AWAL [5]
February 12, 2023
CD Death Note [8]

Commercical performance

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"Nuts" broke several streaming records upon its re-release in 2021. In the United States, the song debuted at number 40 on the RMNZ Hot Singles.[9] It later gained 30,000 sales within its first two year of sales in the country,[10] and went gold in the United Kingdom with about 340 million streams.[11] With over 1.25 billion streams in the United States, it was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[12]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from album Live Forever's liner notes,[14] and Lil Peep's estate website.[13]

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Nuts"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[9] 40

Certifications and sales

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Certifications for "Nuts"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[12] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lil Peep – Nuts". AllMusic. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Ahr, Gustav. "nuts [ft. lil skil] (prod. willie g)". Soundcloud. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d Ahr, Gustav (December 2, 2015). "Lil Peep & Rainy Bear – nuts". Tidal. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Darville, Jordan (December 2, 2022). "Lil Peep's 2015 mixtape Live Forever is now on streaming platforms". The Fader. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Ahr, Gustav (December 17, 2021). "nuts (feat. rainy bear) - Single by Lil Peep". Apple Music. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  6. ^ Ahr, Gustav (December 2, 2022). "Live Forever Blog". Official Website of the Estate of Gustav Ahr / Lil Peep. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  7. ^ Tenreyro, Tatiana (November 17, 2017). "A Timeline of Lil Peep's Career". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  8. ^ "Lil Peep feat. Rainy Bear - Nuts - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. December 27, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "New Zealand single certifications – Lil Peep feat. rainy bear – Nuts". Radioscope. Retrieved May 7, 2025. Type Nuts in the "Search:" field.
  11. ^ a b "British single certifications – Lil Peep Ft Rainy Bear – Nuts". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  12. ^ a b "American single certifications – Lil Peep – Nuts (Feat. Rainy Bear)". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  13. ^ a b c Ahr, Gustav. "Live Forever Credits". Official Website of the Estate of Gustav Ahr / Lil Peep. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  14. ^ "Lil Peep - Live Forever". Discogs. December 2, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
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