Steve's Lava Chicken

"Steve's Lava Chicken" is used in a scene in A Minecraft Movie where Steve—a character portrayed in the film by Black—showcases a contraption he made that cooks live chickens in lava.{{Cite web |last=Hair |first=Kieran |date=2025-04-14 |title="Steve's Lava Chicken" & Jack Black's 4 Other Songs In A Minecraft Movie, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/minecraft-all-jack-black-songs-ranked-list/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |date=2025-04-22 |title=Steve's Lava Chicken song from A Minecraft Movie goes viral, enters UK chart |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/steves-lava-chicken-song-is-the-latest-thing-from-a-minecraft-movie-to-go-viral |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=Eurogamer.net |language=en}} The song, in turn, is about that.{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=2025-04-18 |title=Super spicy! Jack Black's Minecraft song Steve's Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/18/jack-black-minecraft-song-steves-lava-chicken-shortest-ever-uk-top-40-hit |access-date=2025-04-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The song itself is about 34 seconds long,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-04-16 |title=Coachella Streaming Gains for Headliners Lady Gaga & Green Day, ‘Should Be Headliner’ Charli XCX |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/concerts/coachella-headliners-streams-lady-gaga-green-day-charli-xcx-1235948349/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}} and was co-written by Black alongside the film's director Jared Hess.

The soundtrack for A Minecraft Movie, including "Steve's Lava Chicken", was released on March 28, 2025 through WaterTower Music.{{Cite web |author=WaterTower Music |date=March 28, 2025 |title=WaterTower Music Releases A Minecraft Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250328244278/en/WaterTower-Music-Releases-A-Minecraft-Movie-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329225918/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250328244278/en/WaterTower-Music-Releases-A-Minecraft-Movie-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack |archive-date=March 29, 2025 |access-date=March 29, 2025 |publisher=Business Wire}} A 50-second long clip from the film featuring the song, labeled by WaterTower as its official music video, was released on April 9, 2025.{{Cite web |last=Radulovic |first=Petrana |date=2025-04-10 |title=There’s an official music video for A Minecraft Movie’s lava chicken song, and we’re taking it far too seriously |url=https://www.polygon.com/movies/556789/a-minecraft-movie-steves-lava-chicken-jack-black-video |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Polygon |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411143835/https://www.polygon.com/movies/556789/a-minecraft-movie-steves-lava-chicken-jack-black-video |url-status=live }} An EP by Black, "I...Am Steve", featuring an extended version of "Steve's Lava Chicken" alongside other bonus songs from the film's soundtrack, was released on April 18, 2025. The extended version is 1 minute and 15 seconds long.{{Citation |title=I...Am Steve (Bonus Songs from "A Minecraft Movie" Soundtrack) - EP by Jack Black on Apple Music |date=2025-04-18 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-am-steve-bonus-songs-from-a-minecraft-movie-soundtrack-ep/1809013404 |access-date=2025-04-20 |language=en-US}}

In the United States, "Steve's Lava Chicken" received over 2.5 million streams on the week of the film's release, a 1.973% increase in streams from the week prior to its release. The song later debuted at number 78 on the Hot 100 for the week dated May 3, 2025, breaking the record for the shortest song in the chart's history, surpassing Kid Cudi's "Beautiful Trip", which is 37 seconds long.{{Cite web |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=April 28, 2025 |title=Jack Black Breaks Hot 100 Record With 34-Second 'Minecraft Movie' Song: Here Are the 10 Quickest Hits |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/jack-black-minecraft-song-steves-lava-chicken-hot-100-record/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |website=Billboard}}

The song appeared on the UK singles chart starting on April 18, eventually reaching number 9 on the chart.{{Cite web |title=JACK BLACK |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/64527/jack-black/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=Official Charts |language=en}} It broke the record for the shortest song to ever appear in the Top 40 on the chart.{{Cite web |last=Gularte |first=Alejandra |date=2025-04-19 |title=Minecraft Movie’s Soundtrack Standout ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ Serves a Top 40 Hit |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/steves-lava-chicken-minecraft-movie-top-40-charts.html |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=2025-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419143541/https://www.vulture.com/article/steves-lava-chicken-minecraft-movie-top-40-charts.html |url-status=live }} The previous record holder was "The Ladies' Bras", a song by Jonny Trunk and Duncan Wisbey that was 36 seconds long. It also became Black's highest charting song in the United Kingdom, surpassing "Peaches", a song from the soundtrack for The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023).{{Cite web |last=Pilley |first=Max |date=2025-04-18 |title=Jack Black's 'Minecraft' song becomes shortest hit single of all time, while Those Damn Crows top albums chart |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jack-blacks-minecraft-song-becomes-shortest-hit-single-of-all-time-while-those-damn-crows-top-albums-chart-3856149 |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

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