Charged Up

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"Charged Up"
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Single by Drake
ReleasedJuly 27, 2015 (2015-07-27)
Genre
Length3:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Drake singles chronology
"Where Ya At"
(2015)		"Charged Up"
(2015)		"Back to Back"
(2015)

"Charged Up" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake. It is the first of two diss tracks aimed at American rapper Meek Mill by Drake. [1] At OVO Fest 2015, Drake performed this song and "Back to Back" live. [2] [3]

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Background

On July 22, 2015, Meek Mill publicly criticized Drake on Twitter after being upset with Drake's non-involvement with the promotion of his album Dreams Worth More Than Money , claiming that he used ghostwriters to write his verse on "R.I.C.O." [4] [ unreliable source? ] Following this, Drake released two diss songs within a week, "Charged Up" and "Back to Back", both aimed at Meek Mill. [5] [6] Meek Mill later responded with another diss song about Drake, titled "Wanna Know". [7] Meek Mill later removed his diss to Drake on SoundCloud. [8]

Track listing

Digital download [9]

  1. "Charged Up" – 3:10

Personnel

All are credited as songwriters. Adapted from TIDAL. [10]

Charts

Commercial performance

"Charged Up" debuted and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. [12] The song also debuted and peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100. [13]

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [14] 75
US Billboard Hot 100 [15] 78
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [16] 21

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Drake - Charged Up [New Song]". HotNewHipHop. 25 July 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Drake Performs Back to Back During OVO Fest". Bossip. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Drake Performs "Back To Back" At OVO Fest 2015". YouTube . Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Angela Stephanou (July 22, 2015). "Meek Mill Says Drake Doesn't Write His Own Raps In Twitter Rant" . Retrieved July 22, 2015. Stop comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps! That's why he ain't tweet my album because we found out!
  5. ↑ "Drake Fires Back at Meek Mill on 'Charged Up' | Rap-Up". rap-up.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Drake Disses Meek Mill Again on 'Back to Back' Freestyle | Rap-Up". rap-up.com. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Meek Mill hits back at Drake with diss track 'Wanna Know'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Owoseje, Toyin (13 August 2015). "Meek Mill ends Drake beef with open letter before removing his Wanna Know diss song from Soundcloud". Ibtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Charged Up - Single by Drake". iTunes . Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Charged Up Credits". listen.tidal.com. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  11. ↑ "Drake- Charged up prod by Maneesh and 40. Proud of my guy. I played some keys on there too!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  12. ↑ "Drake - Chart History - Canada Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Mendizabal, Amaya (August 12, 2015). "Drake Takes Over Charts in Wake of Meek Mill Feud". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Drake Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Drake Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Drake Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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