Song · SZA
“Kill Bill” by SZA
From the album SOS (2022)
“Kill Bill” by SZA appears on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2023 and 2025. It was first released in 2022 on the album SOS. Its best result is #13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #129 alternative song of 2023.
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"Kill Bill" is SZA's murder ballad with a smirk, tucked onto her second album, SOS, in December 2022, and it went to US radio the following January only after it had already caught fire on streaming. Named after the Kill Bill films, it borrows their revenge plot: she daydreams about killing an ex and his new girlfriend, the jealousy served with a dry, funny irony that her soft vocals make all the more unsettling. Carter Lang and Rob Bisel co-wrote and produced it, building a midtempo, boom-bap-tinged groove from guitars, bass, a detuned melody and a flute conjured out of a Prophet-6 synth.
It gave SZA her first number one on the Hot 100 and the Global 200, after eight weeks parked at number two before an April 2023 remix with Doja Cat tipped the original over the top, and it held the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs summit for a record 21 weeks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 32 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2023 | 89 |
| 2023 | 13 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 267 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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