Song · Kendrick Lamar
“HUMBLE.” by Kendrick Lamar
From the album DAMN. (2017)
“HUMBLE.” by Kendrick Lamar appears on 8 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2017 and 2025. It was first released in 2017 on the album DAMN.. Its best result is #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #76 alternative song of 2017.
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"HUMBLE." landed on March 30, 2017, video and all, as the lead single from DAMN., Kendrick Lamar's fourth album, on Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope. Mike WiLL Made-It produced it and co-wrote it with Lamar and Pluss, and the beat is brutally simple, all stark thump and empty space for Lamar to bark into. Its message is right there in the title, a call to get over yourself.
"Bad Blood" had already topped the Billboard Hot 100 with Lamar aboard, but this was his first chart-topper there under his own name, and it finished 2017 as the country's top rap song. At the 60th Grammy Awards it was up for Record of the Year and won Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
| 2017 | 1 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 835 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 57 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2023 | 360 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 676 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 411 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 217 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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