Yes Indeed (Lil Baby and Drake song)

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"Yes Indeed"
Yes Indeed.jpg
Single by Lil Baby and Drake
from the album Harder Than Ever
ReleasedMay 17, 2018
Recorded2018
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Length2:22 [1]
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Lil Baby singles chronology
"Bankrupt (Remix)"
(2018)		"Yes Indeed"
(2018)		"First Class"
(2018)
Drake singles chronology
"Nice for What"
(2018)		"Yes Indeed"
(2018)		"I'm Upset"
(2018)

"Yes Indeed" is a song by American rapper Lil Baby and Canadian rapper Drake. It was released by 4 Pockets Full, Wolfpack Music Group, Quality Control Music, Motown and Capitol Records on May 17, 2018 as the second single from Lil Baby's debut studioalbum Harder Than Ever , which was released a day later. [1] The song was produced by Wheezy and B-Rackz. It reached number one on Billboard 's Streaming Songs chart, [3] while peaking at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lil Baby's first top 10 hit.

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Background

On May 6, 2018, Drake was spotted with Lil Baby at OVO affiliate Preme's album release party in an Atlanta nightclub, where a snippet of the track surfaced on Quality Control CEO Pierre "Pee" Thomas's Instagram story. [4] The next day, Lil Baby took to Twitter and tweeted: "Imagine Me And Drake Dropping A Song". [5] On May 12, the song was premiered on OVO Sound Radio, originally surfacing under the title "Pikachu (No Keys)". [6] [7] The song was officially released to streaming services on May 15, 2018, under its revised title, "Yes Indeed". [1] [7] [8] [9]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Yes Indeed
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [25] 3× Platinum240,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [26] Gold45,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [27] Gold5,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [28] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [29] 7× Platinum7,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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