Taylor Swift's “august” reached No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020.
The song entered the chart dated August 8, 2020, after Folklore debuted. It charted for two consecutive weeks, an achievement driven by the album’s immediate popularity rather than a conventional single campaign.
Its chart story continued after its initial release. Annual August listening traditions helped the track return to charts and gain new peaks in several countries, showing how a deep album cut can develop a recurring seasonal audience.
The song is sometimes mistaken for a single because of its repeated yearly visibility. It was instead an album track whose title and late-summer theme helped create a durable August association.