Futsal Shuffle 2020
{{short description|2019 single by Lil Uzi Vert}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Futsal Shuffle 2020
| cover = Lil Uzi Vert - Futsal Shuffle 2020.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lil Uzi Vert
| album = Eternal Atake
| released = {{start date|2019|12|13}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Trap{{cite web |last1=Osei |first1=Sarah |title=Twitter Is Struggling to Nail Lil Uzi Vert's New 'Futsal Shuffle' Track & It's Hilarious |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020-dance-twitter/ |website=Highsnobiety |date=13 December 2019 |publisher=Titel Media |access-date=March 26, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220326161539/https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020-dance-twitter/ |archive-date=March 26, 2022}}|dance{{cite web|url=https://www.rap-up.com/2019/12/12/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020/|title=Lil Uzi Vert Drops "Futsal Shuffle 2020"|website=Rap-Up|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/best-songs-2019/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020|title=The Best Songs of 2019|website=Complex|date=December 17, 2019|access-date=December 29, 2019}}|snap{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020/|title=Lil Uzi Vert "Futsal Shuffle 2020"|last=Pierre|first=Alphonse|date=December 13, 2019|website=Pitchfork|access-date=January 8, 2020}}}}
| length = 3:18
| label = {{hlist|Generation Now|Atlantic}}
| writer = {{hlist|Symere Woods|Brandon Veal|Anton Mendo|Mees van der Bruggen|Cas van der Heijden}}
| producer = {{hlist|Brandon Finessin|Star Boy|Mayyzo|Loesoe}}
| prev_title = Reply
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = That Way
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|nwE_BsjBSUw|"Futsal Shuffle 2020"}}}}
}}
"Futsal Shuffle 2020", or simply titled "Futsal Shuffle" is a song by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It was released through Generation Now and Atlantic Records as the lead single from their second studio album, Eternal Atake on December 13, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lil-uzi-vert-shares-new-song-and-dance-futsal-shuffle-listen/|title=Lil Uzi Vert Shares New Song (and Dance) "Futsal Shuffle 2020": Listen|last=Bloom|first=Madison|website=Pitchfork|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} The song features three sound clips, including two of their interviews with Nardwuar during Breakout Winter Festival and Rolling Loud Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia and Miami, Florida, respectively,{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/12/listen-to-lil-uzi-verts-new-single-futsal-shuffle-2020.html|title=Listen to Lil Uzi Vert's New Single, "Futsal Shuffle 2020"|last=Squires|first=Bethy|website=Vulture|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} as well as from Tyler, the Creator's performance of "Boredom" at the 2019 Camp Flog Gnaw.{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/lil-uzi-vert-samples-tyler-the-creator-nardwuar-on-his-new-single-futsal-shuffle-2020|title=The new Eternal Atake track has an accompanying dance challenge.|last=Kelley|first=Caitlin|website=Genius|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} The song debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, outpeaking "XO Tour Llif3" as Vert's highest-charting single on the chart as a solo artist.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8547002/hot-100-first-ever-christmas-double-up-mariah-carey|title=Mariah Carey No. 1, Brenda Lee No. 2 in Billboard Hot 100's First-Ever 'Christmas' Double Up|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=December 23, 2019|access-date=December 24, 2019}}
The song itself has also inspired a dance based on the song with the same title.{{cite web | url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/lil-uzi-vert-nardwuar-futsal-shuffle-2020-stream/ | title=Lil Uzi Very tries to start new dance with Nardwuar-featuring song "Futsal Shuffle 2020": Stream | date=13 December 2019 }}
Background and promotion
On November 30, 2019, the rapper teased the release by sharing a preview that shows them dancing to the song on their social media. They called the dance the "Futsal Shuffle".{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2019/12/lil-uzi-vert-eternal-atake-single/|title=Lil Uzi Vert Announces Eternal Atake Album Single "Futsal": Listen|last=Coleman II|first=C. Vernon|website=XXL|date=December 1, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} They predicted the dance to "takeover 2020".{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/11/lil-uzi-vert-new-eternal-atake-single-tease-the-futsal-shuffle-dance|title=Lil Uzi Vert Teases Eternal Atake Single & Corresponding Dance|last=Ingvaldsen|first=Torsten|website=Hypebeast|date=November 30, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} However, this did not happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Critical reception
Tony M. Centeno at XXL described the song as an "upbeat banger" with a production "that incorporates EDM synths over a bass-heavy loop".{{cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2019/12/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020-stream-eternal-atake/|title=Lil Uzi Vert "Futsal Shuffle 2020": Listen to the New Song|last=Centeno|first=Tony M.|website=XXL|date=December 12, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} Joshua Espinoza of Complex saw it as "a quintessential Uzi track" while lyrically, the track "delivers cocky lines about private jets, money, designer labels, and stealing other dudes' girls".{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/2019/12/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020|title=Lil Uzi Vert Drops Eternal Atake Single "Futsal Shuffle 2020"|last=Espinoza|first=Joshua|website=Complex|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}} Billboard{{'}}s Lars Brandle thought the song "pours old school rave notes over the Philadelphia rapper's taut wordplay (and occasional gunshots)".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8546212/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020|title=Lil Uzi Vert's Game Is Rolling on 'Futsal Shuffle 2020': Stream It Now|last=Brandle|first=Lars|magazine=Billboard|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2019}}
Music video
An official video, directed by Jay Weneta, was released on January 6, 2020. In it, Lil Uzi Vert and their friends perform the song's titular "Futsal Shuffle" dance. The video includes scenes with "vibrant visual effects, including slow-motion touches, random bursts of fireworks and brief flashes of a dancing anime character".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lil-uzi-vert-futsal-shuffle-2020-video-934279/|title=Watch Lil Uzi Vert's Vibrant 'Futsal Shuffle 2020' Video|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=January 6, 2020|access-date=March 9, 2020}}
Charts
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scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}
| 82 |
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scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}
| 59 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Futsal Shuffle 2020"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Lil Uzi Vert|title=Futsal Shuffle 2020|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2025|access-date=February 13, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Lil Uzi Vert|title=Futsal Shuffle 2020|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2021|source=radioscope|access-date=February 13, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Lil Uzi Vert|title=Futsal Shuffle 2020|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2019|certyear=2024|access-date=December 10, 2024}}
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References
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Category:Atlantic Records singles
Category:Warner Records singles
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