Sugar (Robin Schulz song)


"Sugar" is a song by German DJ and record producer Robin Schulz, featuring vocals from Canadian singer Francesco Yates. The song was released in Germany on 17 July 2015 as the second single from his second studio album of the same name. It interpolates Baby Bash's 2003 single "Suga Suga".

Music video

The music video for this song was released onto YouTube on 24 July 2015 and runs for a total length of three minutes and forty-two seconds. Yates is seen in the video along with a rogue police officer, Officer Finkleman, who gyrates and grooves to the tune of the song while driving. Schulz also appears on a billboard for a concert. In the end, references are made to the music video of Baby Bash's "Suga Suga" when the police officer dresses in the clothes that match those of Baby Bash in that video: a green T-shirt over a white T-shirt, baggy jeans, a chain and a white beanie. At the end of the video, his car meets an accident and tumbles upside down, while still leaving the officer dancing as additional police cars arrive at the scene.

Chart performance

The song has become Schulz's most successful song from the album. "Sugar" was a hit in many European countries, peaking atop the singles chart of seven countries including Austria, Germany and Switzerland, where it became his third chart-topper single in all these countries following 2014's singles "Waves" and "Prayer in C". It also attained to peak at number one in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia. In the United Kingdom, "Sugar" outperformed the album's lead single "Headlights" charting in the top 40 at number 21 and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.
In the United States, the song also became a hit, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 44, where it became his third highest-charting single after "Waves" at number 14, and "Prayer in C" at number 23, in 2014. "Sugar" is the only song from the album to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song was certified gold in Austria, double platinum in Australia, Germany, and Switzerland, and five-times platinum in Italy.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart Peak
position
Russia Airplay 164

Chart Peak
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Latvia Airplay 44

Monthly charts

Chart Peak
position
CIS Airplay 25
Russia Airplay 23
Ukraine Airplay 69

Chart Peak
position
Latvia Airplay 47

Year-end charts

Chart Position
Argentina Airplay 35
Belgium 81
Brazil 45
CIS Airplay 87
Denmark 89
France 73
Germany 82
Hungary 8
Hungary 29
Hungary 35
Italy 52
Netherlands 63
Netherlands 53
New Zealand 48
Russia Airplay 89
Spain 84
Sweden 91
Switzerland 36
UK Singles 88
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs 12

Chart Position
Hungary 60