One Dance

"One Dance"
Single by Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
from the album Views
Released	April 5, 2016
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2016
Genre	Afrobeat[1]
Length	2:54
Label	OVO Sound Cash Money Young Money
Writer(s)	Aubrey Graham Paul Jefferies Noah Shebib Ayodeji Balogun Kyla Smith Errol Reid
Producer(s)	Nineteen85 40 Wizkid
Drake singles chronology
"Come and See Me" (2016) "One Dance" (2016) "Pop Style" (2016)
Wizkid single chronology "Erima" (2016) "One Dance" (2016) Kyla single chronology "One Dance" (2016)

"One Dance" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, which serves as the second single from his fourth studio album Views. It features guest vocals from Nigerian Afrobeat artist Wizkid and British singer Kyla.^[2] It samples Crazy Cousinz and Kyla's 2008 song "Do You Mind?",^[3] and is produced by Nineteen85, and Noah "40" Shebib,^[4] and written by Drake, Nineteen85, Noah "40" Shebib, Wizkid, Kyla, GRIND 6-6 and Errol Reid.^[5] It was released for digital download on April 5, 2016 and was serviced to US urban contemporary, rhythmic contemporary, and contemporary hit radio on April 12, 2016.^[6][7][8]

"One Dance" was released shortly after the release date for Views was announced, alongside "Pop Style". In the United States the song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in his home country Canada the single became his first chart-topping song as a lead artist. Outside North America, "One Dance" topped the charts in New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Composition

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, "One Dance" is written in the key of B♭ minor and has a tempo of 98 beats per minute in common time. The song follows a chord progression of B♭m – D♭ – E♭m, and Drake's vocals span from A♭₃ to B♭_4.^[9]

Reception

Pitchfork Media stated of the song: "Kyla's voice and that resonant piano mash are the first things heard before they cave into a throbbing, wine-worthy tropical thumper. The message is as simple as the beat is mesmerizing: "One Dance" is about the spiritual connection two people can have in a club, when vibrations charge the air and they lose themselves. Drake's verses drift while Wizkid's echoing chirps melt into the fabric of the rhythm. In the closing seconds, a series of tones and polyrhythms collapse in on one another as Kyla's croons give way the Drake's once more. It feels symbolic of the full-fledged multiculturalism on display."^[10] Luke Morgan Britton of NME called "One Dance" a "dancehall-indebted dancefloor-filler, the size of which we've not heard since 'Hotline Bling'."^[11]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, "One Dance" debuted at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart on April 8, 2016—for the week ending date April 14, 2016—with just three days of sales. The following week, the single jumped twenty spaces to the top of the chart, becoming Drake's first number-one single in Britain as a lead artist, having previously peaked at the top in collaboration with Rihanna on "What's My Name?" in January 2011.^[12] Furthermore, "One Dance" became Kyla's first chart-topping song in her home country.

In the United States, the single debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 2016—for the week ending date April 18, 2016. The following week, it jumped eight positions to number 13. It sold 104,000 copies during its first week of release, debuting at four on the US Digital Songs chart.^[13][14] The song reached number one on the Digital Songs chart the following week, its sales increasing by 14% to 119,000 copies, becoming Drake's seventh leader on the chart. In its third week on the Billboard Hot 100, "One Dance" bounced 10 places to number three, bolstered by large gains on radio and streaming.^[15] In its fourth week, it climbed to number two, tying with "Best I Ever Had" and "Hotline Bling" as Drake's highest charting Billboard Hot 100 singles as a primary artist.^[16]

In his home country of Canada, Drake gained his second overall number one and first as a lead artist.

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[17]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18]	6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19]	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[20]	15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21]	1
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[22]	12
Denmark (Tracklisten)[23]	2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[24]	13
France (SNEP)[25]	1
Germany (Official German Charts)[26]	1
Hungary (Single Top 40)[27]	24
Ireland (IRMA)[28]	1
Italy (FIMI)[29]	9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30]	1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31]	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32]	1
Norway (VG-lista)[33]	8
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[34]	3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[35]	100
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36]	11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[37]	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[38]	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[39]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[40]	2
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[41]	2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[42]	17

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[43]	Gold	35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44]	Gold	7,500
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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