J-Law's song for district 12 enters US charts - at number 12

Jennifer Lawrence has entered the billboard charts at number 12 with the strangely haunting 'The Hanging Tree'.

J-Law's song for district 12 enters US charts - at number 12

Jennifer Lawrence has entered the billboard charts at number 12 with the strangely haunting 'The Hanging Tree'.

We’ve had it stuck in our heads since we watched 'Mockingjay - Part 1' and had a feeling it would sneak its way into the American Billboard charts and wouldn't you know it, it has entered at number 12.

Just a side note for people not in the know, District 12 is the district Katniss Everdeen represented in the infamous Hunger Games.

Is there anything J-Law can’t do?

Granted the song isn’t technically hers and is credited to the film’s composer James Newton Howard but we can smell a Grammy hit already.

Though the song currently sits at number 22 in the Irish charts, it has already moved to number eight on the Irish iTunes Top 100.

A little bit further afield, it has sold 200,000 downloads in its first week, putting it at No. 2 on the digital songs chart and it's also No. 1 on iTunes in 42 countries.

Here’s a little listen (Though we are pre-warning you that you mightn’t be able to say the words “Are you?” today without breaking into song).

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