Cheerleader (song)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about the OMI song. For the St. Vincent song, seeStrange Mercy."Cheerleader"

Cover for "Cheerleader (Felix JaehnRemix)"

SinglebyOMI

Released201219 May 2014("Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)")

FormatDigital download

GenreReggae fusion

Length2:583:02("Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)")

Label Oufah Columbia

Writer(s) OMI C. Dillon M. Bradford R. Dillon

Producer(s) OMI C. Dillon Felix Jaehn("Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)")

OMIsingles chronology

"Cheerleader"(2012)"Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"(2014)

OMIsingles chronology

"Cheerleader"(2012)"Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"(2014)

"Cheerleader" is a song recorded by Jamaican singerOMI. The track was written and produced by OMI and C. Dillon, with additional writing by M. Bradford and R. Dillon.[1]It is areggae fusionsong.[2]"Cheerleader" was originally released in 2012 through Oufah Records. "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)" was released throughColumbia Recordson 19 May 2014. The remix peaked at number four on theBillboardHot 100, and topped the charts in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Contents[hide] 1Release and chart performance 2Charts 3Certifications and sales 4Release history 5ReferencesRelease and chart performance[edit]"Cheerleader" was originally released in 2012 through Oufah Records, charting solely in OMI's native country.[3]TheFelix Jaehnremix of "Cheerleader" was initially planned to be released in the United Kingdom in May 2015. However, its release date was brought forward to a new date of 12 April 2015. The decision was made as a result of the remix's popularity onstreaming mediaand it entering theUK Singles Chartat number 37 on streams alone.[4]In the UK, upon its official release, it jumped from #27 to #2 in the 20 April 2015 chart update, selling 129,257 copies, with 26,288 of those being streaming sales.[5]It hit the #1 spot during its third week on sale, being fuelled by streaming sales which accounted for 35,324 of its total sales of 112,626 that week and stayed there for four weeks.[6]By 15 June 2015, it had sold a total of 911,436 copies in the UK including streaming.[7][8][9][10][11][12]