Charged Up

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"Charged Up"
DrakeChargedUpCover.jpg
Single by Drake
ReleasedJuly 31, 2015 (2015-07-31)
Genre
Length3:10
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Drake singles chronology
"Back to Back"
(2015)
"Charged Up"
(2015)
"Hotline Bling"
(2015)

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

Contents

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

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