The first time “INFERNO” showed up on the Official Nigeria Top 100, the chart had counted one day of it, and it came in at No. 67. With a full week counted, it is No. 1. According to TurnTable’s Official Nigeria Top 100, Peruzzi, Zlatan and Shoday’s single rises to a new peak of No. 1 for the week of October 30 to November 5, its first full week since it came out on October 29.
It got there on streams. “INFERNO” tallied 4.17 million on-demand streams (No. 1 on streaming) and 35.5 million in radio reach, which puts it at No. 11 on radio. The song it moves past at the top did the opposite: FOLA’s “miss u ii (nriri),” No. 1 for the three weeks before, led radio last week with 71.4 million in reach while sitting at No. 2 on streaming with 2.09 million.
It is easy to hear why it gets replayed. The verse hands out dance directions (“to the right and to the left”) and runs straight into a chorus that loops one short phrase over held vowels, so the song is back at its hook before it has a chance to slow down.
Peruzzi had handed the credit over before the chart came out. “Na Una Dey Run Am,” he wrote on Monday evening, answering a fan who said the three were having too much fun. “We’re NOTHING But Pencils.”
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