Charged Up

"Charged Up"
Single by Drake
Released	July 31, 2015
Format	Digital download
Genre	Cloud rap freestyle rap
Length	3:10
Label	Cash Money
Writer(s)	Aubrey Graham Noah "40" Shebib Maneesh Bidaye Adam Feeney
Producer(s)	Noah "40" Shebib Maneesh Frank Dukes
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 diss track aimed at American rapper Meek Mill.^[1] At OVO Fest 2015, Drake performed "Charged Up" and "Back to Back" live.^[2][3]

Controversy

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] 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 take to Instagram and apologized to Drake and removed his diss to Drake on SoundCloud.^[8]

Track listing

• Digital download^[9]

1. "Charged Up" – 3:10

Charts

Commercial performance

"Charged Up" debuted and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.^[10] The song also debuted and peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[11]

Weekly charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[12]	75
scope="row"	US Billboard Hot 100[13]	78
scope="row"	US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14]	21

References

1. "Drake - Charged Up [New Song]". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
2. "Drake Performs Back to Back During OVO Fest". Bossip. Retrieved 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 August 2015.
8. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meek-mill-ends-drake-beef-open-letter-before-removing-his-wanna-know-diss-song-soundcloud-1515388
9. "iTunes - Music - Charged Up - Single by Drake". iTunes. Retrieved August 2015.
10. "Drake - Chart History - Canada Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 2015.
11. Mendizabal, Amaya (August 12, 2015). "Drake Takes Over Charts in Wake of Meek Mill Feud". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
12. "Drake - Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 2015.
13. "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Drake.
14. "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Drake.