"500 PS"
Single by Bonez MC and RAF Camora
from the album Palmen aus Plastik 2
Released3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
Recorded2018
GenreDancehall
Length3:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • The Cratez
  • RAF Camora
Bonez MC singles chronology
"Glaub Mir"
(2017)		 "500 PS"
(2018)		 "Risiko"
(2018)
RAF Camora singles chronology
"Maserati"
(2018)		 "500 PS"
(2018)		 "Risiko"
(2018)
Music video
"500 PS" on YouTube

"500 PS" is a song by German rapper Bonez MC and Austrian rapper RAF Camora. It was released on 3 August 2018, through Vertigo, Capitol and Universal. Written by Bonez MC, RAF Camora, The Cratez, and produced by the latter, the song serves as the first single of their second collaborative studio album Palmen aus Plastik 2.

Background and composition

"500 PS" was written by Bonez MC, RAF Camora and The Cratez, while production was handled by Camora alongside The Cratez. The song has been described as a dancehall song, whose lyrics deal with fast cars and wealth.[1]

Commercial performance

"500 PS" debuted at number three in Germany on 10 August 2018. The song reached its peak atop the charts ten weeks into its chartrun, following the release of the album on 5 October 2018 and fell to number two the following week.[2] It reached the top twenty of the year-end charts and was certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) in 2019. In Austria, the single debuted at number three and peaked at number two in September 2018. It stayed in the top ten for 15 weeks and was certified platinum in December 2018.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 2
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2018) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 54
Chart (2019) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 11
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 17

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[11] Platinum 30,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[12] Diamond 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Bonez MC & RAF Camora: Das Video zu 500 PS" [Bonez MC & RAF Camora: The video for 500 PS]. Laut.de (in German). 13 August 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bonez MC & RAF Camora – 500 PS" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bonez MC & RAF Camora – 500 PS" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bonez MC & RAF Camora – 500 PS" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bonez MC & RAF Camora – 500 PS". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ö3 Austria Top 40 Jahrescharts 2018: Singles". Ö3 Austria Top 40. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2019". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Jahrescharts 2019". mtv.de (in German). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – Bonez MC & RAF Camora – 500 PS" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bonez MC & RAF Camora; '500 PS')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
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