‘Peaches’ From ‘Super Mario Bros’ Is One Of The Most Streamed Songs, May Be Oscar Nominated

On April 6, the film ‘Super Mario Bros.’ was released in international cinemas. Inspired by the popular Nintendo video game, a novelty for fans of the game that fascinated, and not only, has set more than a few records. Beyond the shock of his pitch, the song “Peaches” became the sensation of the moment and in one of the most listened to in the world.

‘Super Mario Bros. The Movie’ surprised many despite low initial expectations, everything was positive for and during its premiere, even the song ‘Peaches’, which is a key part of the animated film and which has accumulated more than 2 million views in less than 24 hours on YouTube after the film’s premiere. Currently, this April 13 has 6.2 million views in three days.

The song was written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Eric Osmond, John Spiker and Michael Jelenic, all industry veterans. Additionally, the song peaked at number 12 on the world’s most played songs on iTunes and is close to the top 50 on Spotify, so critics are speculating that after the performance he could receive an Oscar nomination.

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Jack Black’s performance is flattering

One of the highlights of the movie “Super Mario Bros” is the Jack Black’s performance as Bowser. The iconic villain from the Nintendo video game exceeded expectations ahead of the release of the film produced by Universal Studios.

In addition to his performance as a voice actor, there is speculation that Jack Black could be nominated for a category at the next Oscars. Bowser’s rendition of dedicating a song to his love for him, ‘Peaches’, could be considered by the academy as the best original song.

The specialized magazine Variety he notes that the song was so popular that the chorus “Peaches, Peaches, Peaches” echoes in the minds of all who hear it for the first time. The film’s producers recorded additional video of Jack Black dressed as Bowser singing the song in a peach-colored room.

In its first week of release, ‘Super Mario Bros’ grossed over $368 million at the box office and was crowned the animated film with the best opening in the United States, surpassing ‘Frozen’.