Scream (song)

"**Scream**" is a song by American singer Usher. It was released from the album _Looking 4 Myself_ (2012). The song was released on April 26, 2012 as a digital download.

It was written by Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, and Usher. It was produced by Max Martin and Shellback. This was the same group who wrote and produced Usher's 2010 single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". "Scream" is an electropop song. It has dance-pop beats. The song talks about sexual situations. Many music critics called it a "club song". They also said that it is similar to Usher's older songs.

The song was given positive reviews from music critics. Many liked the musical instruments on the song. It debuted at number 70 on the US Hot 100 chart. It also debuted at number 32 on the Pop Songs chart. It then reached number 10 on the Hot 100. The song was very successful in Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, Scotland, and Australia. Usher promoted the song by performing it live several times. He performed the song at the 2012 _Billboard_ Music Awards.

## Track listing

- US digital download
1. "Scream" – 3:54

- Ireland and UK Digital download
1. "Scream" – 3:55
1. "Climax" (Kaskade Remix) – 6:38

- CD single
1. "Scream" – 3:55
1. "Climax" (Mike D Remix) - 4:20

### Weekly charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2012)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|9|||
|style="text-align:center;"|8|||
|style="text-align:center;"|9|||
|style="text-align:center;"|4|||
|style="text-align:center;"|14|||
|38||||
|style="text-align:center;"|4|||
|align="center"|7|||

### Year-end charts

|scope="col"|Chart (2012)|scope="col"|Position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|94|||
|style="text-align:center;"|31|||
|style="text-align:center;"|81|||
|style="text-align:center;"|46|||
|style="text-align:center;"|24|||
|style="text-align:center;"|49|||
|style="text-align:center;"|38|||
|style="text-align:center;"|126|||
|style="text-align:center;"|71|||
|style="text-align:center;"|74|||
|style="text-align:center;"|73|||
|style="text-align:center;"|83|||
|style="text-align:center;"|44|||
|style="text-align:center;"|25|||
|style="text-align:center;"|22|||
|style="text-align:center;"|32|||
|style="text-align:center;"|23|||

## Release history

|scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Format|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Worldwide|April 27, 2012|Digital download||||
|United States|May 1, 2012|Mainstream and rhythmic radio||||
|Germany|June 1, 2012|CD single||||
|Ireland|June 1, 2012|rowspan="2"|Digital download|||
|United Kingdom|June 3, 2012|||||
|United States|June 18, 2012|Adult contemporary radio||||

## Other websites

- Official music video at YouTube

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Scream
- **border**: yes
- **artist**: Usher (musician), Usher
- **album**: Looking 4 Myself
- **released**: April 26, 2012
- **genre**: Electropop, dance-pop
- **length**: 3:54
- **label**: RCA Records, RCA
- **writer**: Max Martin, Shellback (producer), Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Usher Raymond
- **producer**: Max Martin, Shellback
- **chronology**: Usher (musician), Usher singles
- **prev title**: Climax (song), Climax
- **prev year**: 2012
- **next title**: Lemme See
- **next year**: 2012