Jack Black’s ‘Minecraft’ Smash Gives The Actor A Career-Best High

“Steve’s Lava Chicken” climbs into the top 10 on sales, streaming, and overall charts in the U.K., ... More giving Jack Black a career-best showing. NAUCALPAN DE JUAREZ, MEXICO – MARCH 22: Jack Black, actor poses for a photo during the fan event for ‘A Minecraft Movie’ at Plaza Parque Toreo on March 22, 2025 in Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez/Getty Images) For weeks now, Jack Black’s track “Steve’s Lava Chicken” has been growing in popularity globally. The song is featured multiple times in his A Minecraft Movie , which is already one of the most successful films of 2025 all around the world. The tune started with diehard fans of the visual, but it has since crossed over and become a viral sensation. In just a few weeks, the track has soared toward the summit on a number of important tallies. This week, the cut has absolutely found an audience outside of those who love the film. The tune lifts again on multiple rankings in the United Kingdom — not just once again certifying itself as a real hit, but giving Black a special win. “Steve’s Lava Chicken” Reaches the Top 10 “Steve’s Lava Chicken” appears on four song rankings in the U.K. this week. It climbs on all of them and manages to enter the top 10 on each and every list, performing well when it comes to pure purchases, streams, and a combination of the two. Black’s tune rises to No. 8 on the Official Singles Downloads chart. That is the loftiest position among the four rankings on which it appears. It also improves to No. 9 on both the Official Singles Sales and Official Singles rankings, the latter of which measures overall consumption by blending streams and sales. Jack Black Enters Streaming Chart’s Top Tier “Steve’s Lava Chicken” also just barely manages to enter the highest tier on the Official Streaming chart, jumping to No. 10. Last week, it sat just outside the top 10 on all of four rankings. So, while it didn’t have far to go, the fact that it is now a top 10 hit is still huge – for the movie, for the song, and certainly for the man behind the cut. Jack Black Earns His First Top 10s in the U.K. The track, which runs just over 30 seconds long, marks the first top 10 hit for Black on all four rankings. He has reached these lists in the past on his own, including just last year, with a track from The Super Mario Bros. movie — but he never managed a top 10 bestseller, top streamer, or all-around smash. Even as one-half of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D, he didn’t make it into the uppermost tier, although he did come close last year with a cover of Britney Spears’ single “...Baby One More Time.” That tune, which was covered for the latest in the Kung Fu Panda series, missed the top 10 on a handful of sales tallies by just a few spots. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/05/07/jack-blacks-minecraft-smash-gives-the-actor-a-career-best-high/