Murder on My Mind
"Murder on My Mind" is the third single by American rapper YNW Melly from his debut mixtape I Am You. The song was originally uploaded onto SoundCloud on March 4, 2017, and later released as a single by 300 Entertainment on June 1, 2018. "Murder on My Mind" is considered YNW Melly's breakout hit, and garnered even further attention after the rapper turned himself in for double murder charges on February 13, 2019.
Background
YNW Melly thought up the chorus of "Murder on My Mind" in early 2016 when he was first incarcerated at the age of 16. The song was released in March 2017, with him allegedly committing the double homicide in October 2018. Despite this, his prosecutors attempted to gain the ability to use the lyrics to the song, alongside 55 others, as evidence in his 2023 retrial. In 2019, YNW Melly's father remixed the song, in which he claimed his son to be innocent.A music video for "Murder on My Mind", directed by Gabriel Hart, was released on August 3, 2018. In 2020, a TikTok trend emerged – in which an action was tied to the first beat of the song – which used the song.
Commercial performance
After news broke of YNW Melly's murder charges on February 13, 2019, "Murder on My Mind" garnered major public interest. Days later, the song reached number one on the US Apple Music chart. On national charts, it peaked inside the top 20 in the US, the UK, and New Zealand, as well as reaching the top 10 in both Canada and Belgium.As of 2022, "Murder on My Mind" is certified four-times platinum.
Charts
Weekly charts
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