Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse)

Album

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Label

Republic Records

Genre

Stage & Screen

Media Type

AC

Duration

2:38

Composer(s)

Austin Post;Khalif Brown;Carter Lang;Carl Rosen;Billy Walsh;Louis Bell

Entered Chart

Nov 3, 2018

Peak Date

Jan 19, 2019

Released

October 19, 2018

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Republic

Post Malone hooks up with Rae Sremmurd's Swae Lee for this song recorded for the soundtrack of the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The motion picture is set in a universe that features multiple Spider-Men, though the main hero is Miles Morales, a half-black, half-Puerto Rican teen from Brooklyn. Having said that we're not clear what a Spider-Verse is! The soundtrack has been billed as "a contemporary musical companion" to the film. It spans multiple music genres, in order "to portray what a teen like Miles is listening to across the country." The song has Post Malone and Swae Lee competing for the same girl, whom they call "Sunflower." However, though the two rappers show her a lack of affection, she remains loyal by their side. I know you're scared of the unknown You don't wanna be alone I know I always come and go But it's out of my control The sunflower has tough, deep root systems that enable it to penetrate hard soils as well as being able to retain its beauty in the face of environmental factors that would wilt most other flowers. Like the blossoming sunflower, the girl has shown resilience in the face of the bad treatment she receives from Post and Swae. "Sunflower" is the second collaboration between the two artists following Swae's guest verse on Malone's Beerbongs & Bentley's track, "Spoil My Night." The song features production by Post Malone's frequent collaborator Louis Bell as well as Carter Lang, who is known for his work with Rihanna ("Consideration"), SZA ("Love Galore") and Chance the Rapper ("Wala Cam"). Several other artists have recorded songs in which they use a sunflower as a metaphor for someone's else's strength and resilience. They include Heart, Basement Jaxx and Lenny Kravitz. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an living annual plant in the family Asteraceae, with a large flower head. It is named because its round flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the sun. Here are some more sunflower fun facts from The Encyclopedia of Trivia: A sunflower looks like one large flower, but each head is composed of hundreds of tiny flowers called florets, which ripen to become the seeds. One sunflower can contain up to 2,000 seeds. The flowering head of the sunflower tracks the sun's movement, turning from east to west during the day, a phenomenon known as heliotropism. Sunflowers are native to America. They were cultivated in North America as far back as 3000 BC, when they were developed for dye, food, medicine and oil. The sunflower grew popular in Russia when people discovered that its seed oil was not banned during Lent, unlike the other oils the Russian Orthodox Church banned its patrons from consuming. By the 19th century, the country was planting two million acres of sunflowers every year. Before more modern materials were available, the pith within the sunflower stalk was used in life-jackets to provide buoyancy because of Its extreme lightness. The song spent 33 weeks in the Top 10 of the Hot 100, matching Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," and Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" for the longest Top 10 run in the chart's history. Post Malone later broke his own record when "Circles" spent 39 weeks in that region on the survey. "Sunflower" was the first song from a soundtrack to reach the top of the Hot 100 since Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop The Feeling!" from the Trolls soundtrack in May 2016.

Ay, ay, ay, ay (ooh)
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh (ooh)
Ay, ay
Ooh, ooh, some things you just can't refuse
She wanna ride me like a cruise and I'm not tryna lose

Then you're left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're a sunflower, I think your love would be too much
Or you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower, you're the sunflower

Yo no sé lo que tú tienes
Como hace' lo que quiera' con mi vida, tú te vas y luego vienes
Yo no sé que tiene' tú, pero a la ve' yo pienso que no me convienes
A veces trato de buscar una salida, rápido tú me detienes
Así de loco tú me quieres
Pero soy un loco por ti
Tú no sabe' lo que por dentro yo siento por ti
Y por má' que no quiero verte, vuelvo a repetir
Y sentir cada parte de tu cuerpo cuando estas aquí
No te puedo mentir

Siempre estoy buscándote, yeah-yey
Trato de alejarme y tú acercándote, yeah-yey
De lo que nos pasa siempre culpándote, yeah-yey
Pero se me olvida cuando te veo desnudándote
Y no sé por qué

And you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower, I think your love would be too much
Or you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower, you're the sunflower

Ese día que te conocí
No sabia que iba a ser así
El girasol más lindo del jardín
Y verte en el amanecer
Con un beso volví a caer
Dime a dónde se fue, a dónde se fue
Y ahora me quedo con la confusión
Con sentimientos de amor y dolor
Te juro que esa no fue mi intención
La flor de antes cambió de color
Uh, uh, uh, uuh
En mi vida sólo existes tú
Baby, tell what we're tryna prove
Si tú sabes que yo soy tu luz

And you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower, es que tu amor is just too much
Or you'll be left in the dust, unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower, you're the sunflower