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Steve's Lava Chicken

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"Steve's Lava Chicken"
Song by Jack Black
from the album A Minecraft Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedMarch 28, 2025
Length
  • 0:34 (original)
  • 1:15 (extended)
LabelWaterTower Music
Songwriter(s)
Music video
"Steve's Lava Chicken (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Steve's Lava Chicken" is a song by Jack Black from the soundtrack for A Minecraft Movie (2025). In the film, the song is used as a jingle for a scene where Black's character in the film, Steve, cooks a chicken by pouring lava onto it. The song was co-written by Black and the film's director Jared Hess, and is 34 seconds long. The song broke several records—particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom—as the shortest song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 40 on the UK singles chart respectively. It also charted in other regions.

Background and release

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"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.[1][2] The song, in turn, is about that.[3] The song itself is about 34 seconds long,[3][4] and was co-written by Black alongside the film's director Jared Hess.[4]

The soundtrack for A Minecraft Movie, including "Steve's Lava Chicken", was released on March 28, 2025 through WaterTower Music.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

Commercial performance

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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.[4] 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.[8]

The song appeared on the UK singles chart starting on April 18, eventually reaching number 9 on the chart.[9] It broke the record for the shortest song to ever appear in the Top 40 on the chart.[10] The previous record holder was "The Ladies' Bras", a song by Jonny Trunk and Duncan Wisbey that was 36 seconds long.[3] 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).[11][3]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Steve's Lava Chicken"
Chart (2025) Peak
positions
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12] 64
Global 200 (Billboard)[13] 97
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 23
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 34
Norway (VG-lista)[16] 75
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 69
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 9
UK Indie (OCC)[19] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 78
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[21] 12

References

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  1. ^ Hair, Kieran (2025-04-14). ""Steve's Lava Chicken" & Jack Black's 4 Other Songs In A Minecraft Movie, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  2. ^ Phillips, Tom (2025-04-22). "Steve's Lava Chicken song from A Minecraft Movie goes viral, enters UK chart". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
  3. ^ a b c d Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (2025-04-18). "Super spicy! Jack Black's Minecraft song Steve's Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  4. ^ a b c "Coachella Streaming Gains for Headliners Lady Gaga & Green Day, 'Should Be Headliner' Charli XCX". Billboard. 2025-04-16. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  5. ^ WaterTower Music (March 28, 2025). "WaterTower Music Releases A Minecraft Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Business Wire. Archived from the original on March 29, 2025. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
  6. ^ Radulovic, Petrana (2025-04-10). "There's an official music video for A Minecraft Movie's lava chicken song, and we're taking it far too seriously". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  7. ^ I...Am Steve (Bonus Songs from "A Minecraft Movie" Soundtrack) - EP by Jack Black on Apple Music, 2025-04-18, retrieved 2025-04-20
  8. ^ Trust, Gary (April 28, 2025). "Jack Black Breaks Hot 100 Record With 34-Second 'Minecraft Movie' Song: Here Are the 10 Quickest Hits". Billboard. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  9. ^ "JACK BLACK". Official Charts. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  10. ^ Gularte, Alejandra (2025-04-19). "Minecraft Movie's Soundtrack Standout 'Steve's Lava Chicken' Serves a Top 40 Hit". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2025-04-19. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  11. ^ Pilley, Max (2025-04-18). "Jack Black's 'Minecraft' song becomes shortest hit single of all time, while Those Damn Crows top albums chart". NME. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  12. ^ "Jack Black Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  13. ^ "Jack Black Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  14. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  15. ^ "Official Top 40 Singles". Recorded Music NZ. May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  16. ^ "Singel 2025 uke 18" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norge. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  17. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 17" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  18. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  19. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  20. ^ "Jack Black Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  21. ^ "Jack Black Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
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