Song · SZA
“Snooze” by SZA
From the album SOS (2022)
“Snooze” by SZA appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2023. It was first released in 2022 on the album SOS. Its best result is #70 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #477 alternative song of 2023.
"Snooze" surfaced on SOS, SZA's second studio album, in December 2022, and it didn't wait for a push: it lingered on the Hot 100 for months as a mere album track before going to radio in April 2023 as the record's sixth single. Babyface produced it with Blair Ferguson and the Rascals and wrote it with SZA, Ferguson, Khristopher Riddick-Tynes and Leon Thomas, who sings backup.
Midtempo R&B built from bass, guitars, drums and synths, it wraps SZA's lead in layered harmonies, and the drowsy calm is a decoy: she's fixated on someone who won't love her back, devoted enough to turn violent to prove it. It peaked at number two, logged 70 weeks on the chart and won R&B honors at the Grammys and the VMAs; in 2025 Rolling Stone placed it 13th among the 21st century's greatest songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 70 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 | 100 |
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