Nothing Is Promised

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"Nothing Is Promised"
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Single by Mike Will Made It and Rihanna
from the album Ransom 2
ReleasedJune 3, 2016
RecordedNovember 2014
Genre
Length2:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Mike Will Made It singles chronology
"Choppin' Blades"
(2015)
"Nothing Is Promised"
(2016)
"It Takes Two"
(2017)
Rihanna singles chronology
"This Is What You Came For"
(2016)
"Nothing Is Promised"
(2016)
"Sledgehammer"
(2016)

"Nothing Is Promised" is a song recorded by American producer Mike Will Made It and Barbadian recording artist Rihanna. It was released on June 3, 2016 to digital outlets as the lead single from Mike Will's album, Ransom 2 . [1] [2] Billboard described the track as "trap leaning". [3]

Contents

Background

In November 2014, Rihanna released a snippet of a song via her official Instagram account, the song featured lyrics such as "Ain't none of this shit promised, ain't none of this promised" and "Ain't none of this shit certain, ain't none of it certain", whilst the rest of the snippet featured "plinky synths and booming bass providing the only instrumentation." [4] Following the release many assumed that it was a song for Rihanna's then-upcoming eighth studio album Anti (2016). In July 2015, Mike Will Made It posted a 15-second video clip featuring a snippet of Rihanna singing; in June of the following year he released their collaboration as the lead single from his album. [5]

Track listing

Digital download – explicit version [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing Is Promised" (explicit)2:50
Digital download – clean version [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Nothing Is Promised" (clean)2:50

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [8] 69
France (SNEP) [9] 25
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ) [10] 7
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [11] 32
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 64
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 75
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 26

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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