Jack Black makes UK chart history with ‘A Minecraft Movie’ soundtrack
Jack Black has made UK chart history with the shortest song to become a UK Top 40 single. The track appeared in the current box office sensation, A Minecraft Movie.
The song ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ is just 34 seconds long and is performed by Black’s character Steve. The clip of the song went viral soon after the theatre release of the movie, in which Black sings about roasting a chicken using molten lava.
It recently entered the charts at number 21. The record was previously held by Jonny Trunk and Wisbey’s 36-second track ‘The Ladies’ Bras’, which hit Number 27 in 2007.
The song is also Black’s highest-charting single in the UK, though he reached number 27 with ‘Peaches’ from The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023. Outside of the film industry, Black’s band Tenacious D has also made the charts in the past.
Black took to Instagram to mark the success of the single. In a video message, he sang some of ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’. He also remarked: “OK, I just heard that ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ has cracked the UK Top 40. I want to send big love to all the Minecraft fans for getting us up there – it’s insane! Love you!”
A Minecraft Movie has broken other records. In its first weekend, the movie exceeded expectations at the box office. It grossed $157 million domestically in the United States, which represents the biggest opening weekend for a movie adaptation of a video game in history.
The unprecedented fan reaction has also seen cinemas issue strict rules to screening attendees to combat a TikTok trend.
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