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| Released | April 7, 2023 | |||
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"Search & Rescue" is a song by Canadian rapper and singer Drake. It was released through OVO Sound and Republic Records as a single on April 7, 2023. Drake wrote the song with producers Bnyx and BeautifulMvn (who are both brothers), SadPony, and Wesley Curtis, and co-producers Lil Yachty and 40.
Drake posted a preview of the then-titled "Rescue Me" [1] on his Instagram on March 25, 2023. [2] On March 31, the full track premiered on The Fry Yiy Show, part of his Sirius XM radio station "Sound 42". [3] On April 6, the rapper announced the song release and posted the artwork. [4] It depicts a headshot of Drake and British singer Lilah wearing black motorcycle helmets. [5]
On March 26, 2023, a day after Drake posted a preview of the song, rapper Lil Durk posted an Instagram story saying "@champagnepapi if you reading this it ain't too late". [6] . It would later be revealed that this post was in reference to Lil Durk's verse on the song, as a version featuring him would leak online on June 11, 2023. [7] The early version omits Drake's second verse for a verse from Lil Durk. Lil Durk also provides adlibs throughout the song.
The track most notably gained attraction for sampling a dialogue between Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, [8] taken from the 2021 season finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians that sees the former talking about the divorce from Kanye West. [9]
Over a rhythmic and "laidback" keyboard loop, Drake expresses his desire for a woman to save him from his current lifestyle. [10] The rapper also recites what he is looking for in a partner, including "ambition, patience, honesty, and trust". [11] The song marks the first and second collaboration between Drake and producers BNYX and Sadpony respectively, the latter following "Jumbotron Shit Poppin", taken from Her Loss (2022). [12]
In the United States, "Search and Rescue" debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of April 22, 2023, being blocked from the top spot by Morgan Wallen's "Last Night". [13]
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