If you’re among the many who have ventured into a cinema recently to watch A Minecraft Movie, you’ll remember Jack Black’s short but sweet song celebrating the lava chicken moment around halfway through the film.
Black, who plays Steve, sings a song called Lava Chicken as Jason Momoa and co watch a chicken cook from falling lava. It’s just 34 seconds long, but that hasn’t stopped it from going viral across social media.
And now, Steve’s Lava Chicken has debuted at No. 21 on the UK’s official chart, becoming the shortest song ever to chart. “Streaming + virality are reshaping hits,” ERA, the UK’s digital entertainment and retail association, said.
Black is no stranger to viral video game songs. Bowser’s 95-second long romantic ode to Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, aptly named “Peaches” (sung and co-written by Jack Black), made the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first song in Black’s solo career to land on the list. He previously debuted at No. 78 with the 2006 song “The Pick of Destiny” as a member of Tenacious D.
Other short songs to chart include 2007 Simpsons Movie song Spider Pig (64 seconds) and Liam Lynch’s 2002 punk hit United States of Whatever (86 seconds).
Lava Chicken isn’t the only thing from A Minecraft Movie to go viral. Clips of overly enthusiastic cinemagoers spread like wildfire across the likes of TikTok, with some bringing in live chickens to screenings of the film.
We’ve got plenty more on A Minecraft Movie, including how the Minecraft movie team had a private server they played on. A Minecraft Movie has officially surpassed $700 million at the worldwide box office, and is on course to be the highest-grossing video game movie of all time.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
