Peak
1
Weeks
35
Score
8,390
Chart Year
2022
The music video for "Unholy" was released on 30 September 2022.[10] Inspired by A Clockwork Orange and Bob Fosse, it was directed by Floria Sigismondi and choreographed by the French dance collective (La)Horde.[56][57] The video opens on a man, played by Henry Davis, opening a car door for his wife, who exits and is given a coat by the man after she starts shivering. The two part ways as she enters a strange building and looks at a condom-themed invitation to a club called the Body Shop. Her husband enters the club, which is disguised as an auto shop but is actually a sex club and cabaret for which Smith, who wears a leather harness[26] and is accompanied by androgynous burlesque dancers, is the MC. Drag queens Violet Chachki and Gottmik, both of whom were contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race, and pole-dancing strippers also appear at the club, along with gay pornographic star Paddy O'Brian. Petras soon arrives onstage in a heart-shaped ring and dances atop a car. The man is brought onto the stage before his wife arrives at the club to find him laid out in front of a suspended car with the words "liar", "cheat", and "fumier"—the French word for "shit"—spray painted on it. The woman walks down an aisle and gets on stage, taking off her wig and coat to reveal that she was part of the cast all along before taking a bow.[
Unholy" is a song by British singer Sam Smith and German singer Kim Petras. It was released on 22 September 2022 through EMI Records and Capitol Records as the second single from Smith's fourth studio album Gloria (2023) and as a bonus track on Petras's debut studio album Feed the Beast (2023). It was teased by Smith on their TikTok account a month before its release and went viral due to its use in thirst trap-style videos. Produced by Ilya, Omer Fedi, Blake Slatkin, Jimmy Napes, and Cirkut and written by them alongside Smith and Petras, "Unholy" is a sexually charged electropop, dance-pop, and synth-pop song with choral and hyperpop influences, which marked a shift away from ballads for Smith. It uses the Phrygian dominant scale and its lyrics are about a family man who cheats on his wife at a strip club.
[Intro: Sam Smith & Kim Petras] Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot At the body shop Doing something unholy Lucky, lucky girl (Ooh) Lucky, lucky girl (Yeah, yeah) Lucky, lucky girl (Uh) Lucky, lucky girl [Verse 1: Sam Smith] A lucky, lucky girl She got married to a boy like you She'd kick you out if she ever, ever knew 'Bout all the **** you tell me that you do Dirty, dirty boy You know everyone is talkin' on the scene I hear them whisperin' 'bout the places that you've been And how you don't know how to keep your business clean [Chorus: Sam Smith & Kim Petras] Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot At the body shop Doin' somethin' unholy He's sat back while she's droppin' it She be poppin' it Yeah, she put it down slowly Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome so he can get that Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot At the body shop Doin' somethin' unholy (Woo) [Verse 2: Kim Petras] Mm, daddy, daddy, if you want it, drop the addy (Yeah, yeah) Give me love, give me Fendi, my Balenciaga daddy You gon' need to bag it up 'cause I'm spendin' on Rodeo (Woo) You can watch me back it up, I'll be gone in the A.M. (Yeah) And he, he get me Prada, get me Miu Miu like Rihanna (Ah) He always call me 'cause I never cause no drama And when you want it, baby, I know I got you covered And when you need it, baby, just jump under the covers (Yeah) [Chorus: Sam Smith, Both, Kim Petras] Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot (Hot) At the body shop (Shop) Doin' somethin' unholy He's sat back while she's droppin' it (She) She be poppin' it (She) Yeah, she put it down slowly Oh-ee-oh-ee-oh, he left his kids at Ho-ee-oh-ee-ome so he can get that Mummy don't know daddy's getting hot At the body shop (Ah) Doin' somethin' unholy (Unholy) You might also like I’m in Love With You The 1975 Bigger Than Me Louis Tomlinson GOD DID DJ Khaled [Outro: Sam Smith & Kim Petras] Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Unholy) Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Unholy) Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh (Yeah, yeah) Oh-oh, oh-ee-oh-ee, ee-oh
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 8, 2022 | 3 | 123 |
| 2 | Oct 15, 2022 | 2 | 124 |
| 3 | Oct 22, 2022 | 2 | 124 |
| 4 | Oct 29, 2022 | 1 | 125 |
| 5 | Nov 5, 2022 | 11 | 115 |
| 6 | Nov 12, 2022 | 3 | 123 |
| 7 | Nov 19, 2022 | 10 | 116 |
| 8 | Nov 26, 2022 | 3 | 123 |
| 9 | Dec 3, 2022 | 3 | 123 |
| 10 | Dec 10, 2022 | 4 | 122 |
| 11 | Dec 17, 2022 | 7 | 119 |
| 12 | Dec 24, 2022 | 10 | 116 |
| 13 | Dec 31, 2022 | 10 | 116 |
| 14 | Jan 7, 2023 | 10 | 116 |
| 15 | Jan 14, 2023 | 2 | 124 |
| 16 | Jan 21, 2023 | 3 | 123 |
| 17 | Jan 28, 2023 | 5 | 121 |
| 18 | Feb 4, 2023 | 5 | 121 |
| 19 | Feb 11, 2023 | 5 | 121 |
| 20 | Feb 18, 2023 | 4 | 122 |