Album: Suicide Squad: The Album (2016)
Charted: 11 15
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Logic and Ty Dolla $ign delivering rhymes about self-destructive behavior. Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons croons the chorus and Sam Harris of X Ambassadors sings the outro. The track was recorded for the Suicide Squad soundtrack.
  • There are parallels between the lyrics and the characters appearing in Suicide Squad. The hook and song title, for instance, reflects the twisted relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn.
  • The Suicide Squad soundtrack topped the Billboard Hot 200. Sales of 128,000 in its opening week meant it was the best-selling soundtrack since 50 Shades Of Grey, which sold 210,000 copies in February 2015.

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  • Misty from Floating In The StarsI thought the beat and the lyrics were spot on.
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