Amato 1

Colin Amato

Prof. Freeland

English 1201

13 September 2020

Summary of Sicko Mode

How Dozens of People Own a Slice of a Hit by Jonah Weiner is a summary about a number one

hit song called “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott. “Sicko Mode” was released to the public on August 3rd

2018 and was on the Billboards top 100 songs for weeks after its release. But the song is not only

credited to Travis but to 30 other individuals as well. “Sicko Mode was a hodgepodge of many different

samples of beats and vocals. There has yet to be another top 100 song to be written just like it.

The intro to the song begins with an unforgettable organ rift played by Roget Chahayed but is

then preceded by Drake who will be the first vocals you will hear in the song. Once Drake’s Vocals end

Travis Scott’s vocals finally appear in his own song. Along with Travis’s vocals the organ abruptly stops

and the beat changes which was made by a swiss producer Ozan Yildirim and a friend Mirsad Dervic who

was an appliance salesman. The vocal “Gimme the Loot” was credited to the late Notorious B.I.G. Swae

Lee, another big name artist, made vocal appearances throughout the song as well.

“Sicko Mode” was one of the main songs that launched Travis mainstream and made him such a

well known name throughout the world. He has had such an impact on the world now he has his own

meal currently selling at every McDonalds called “The Travis Scott meal”.

Works Cited
 Amato 2

Abebe, Nitsuh. “Introduction.” 25 Songs that Matter Right Now. New York Times

Magazine. March 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/08/magazine/25-

songs-future-of-music.html. Accessed on 13 September 2020