Pop Style

"Pop Style"
Single by Drake featuring The Throne[lower-alpha 1]
from the album Views
Released April 5, 2016 (2016-04-05)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2016
Genre
Length 3:29
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Drake singles chronology
"One Dance"
(2016)		 "Pop Style"
(2016)
Jay Z singles chronology
"Seen It All"
(2014)		 "Pop Style"
(2016)
Kanye West singles chronology
"Famous"
(2016)		 "Pop Style"
(2016)

"Pop Style" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake, featuring American rappers Kanye West and Jay Z (the lattermost two jointly billed as The Throne).[1] The song and "One Dance" were released at the same time as singles from Drake's fourth studio album Views, initially for exclusive digital download on iTunes on April 5, 2016.[2][3] The album version features only Drake with a new verse, removing Kanye West's and Jay Z's verses.

Background

The song is a collaboration between Drake and Kanye West and Jay Z (collectively known as The Throne), the first time the three have appeared on the same track.[4] However, the contribution from Jay Z is limited in the song, with only two lines from Jay Z making the cut ("They still out to get me, they don't get it/ I can not be gotten, that's a given").[5][6] In an extended version of the song the lines by Jay Z were used as the start of a new verse.[7] Also appearing in the song are Kanye saying "Imma let you finish", referencing his controversial statement[8][9][10] during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, and the "Perfect" sample (Street Fighter II) used in his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo.[4] Kanye West has also performed the song live.[11][12]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Pop Style" debuted at No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on April 12, 2016; it sold 128,000 copies based on just two days of sales, also debuting atop the US Digital Songs chart.[13][14] It also debuted at No. 4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs charts.[15] As of April 23, 2016, it has sold 212,662 copies in the United States.[16]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[17] 44
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[18] 19
France (SNEP)[19] 29
Ireland (IRMA)[20] 60
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21] 73
New Zealand Heatseekers (Recorded Music NZ)[22] 9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[23] 31
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 33
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[25] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[27] 4

Notes

  1. ↑ Jay Z and Kanye West are jointly credited as "The Throne." They feature on the single version only.

References

  1. ↑ "Drake – Pop Style Lyrics - Genius Lyrics". Genius.
  2. ↑ "Pop Style (feat. The Throne) - Single: Drake". iTunes.
  3. ↑ Jack Shepherd (April 5, 2016). "Drake: New tracks 'Pop Style' and 'One Dance' from 'Views from the Six' officially released". The Independent.
  4. 1 2 Matt Miller (April 5, 2016). "Drake Just Dropped His First-Ever Song With Jay Z and Kanye West". Esquire.
  5. ↑ Luke Morgan Britton (April 5, 2016). "Drake's New Tracks Show The Rapper Staking His Claim To Kanye And Jay Z's Hip-Hop Throne". NME.
  6. ↑ "15 of the Most Hilariously Cruel Responses to Jay Z's "Verse". Pigeon and Planes.
  7. ↑ Angus Walker (April 9, 2016). "Drake - Pop Style (New Verse) [New Song]". Hot New Hip Hop.
  8. ↑ "Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  9. ↑ Respers, Lisa (2009-09-14). ""Anger over West's disruption at MTV awards"". CNN. CNN. Archived from the original on 2016-09-26. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  10. ↑ ""Kanye West Storms the VMAs Stage During Taylor Swift's Speech"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  11. ↑ Jazz Monroe (April 11, 2016). "Watch Kanye West Debut New Song, Perform "Pop Style" for the First Time". Pitchfork.
  12. ↑ Adelle Platon (April 11, 2016). "Kanye West Performs 'Pop Style' Live, Freestyles in Manila". Billboard.
  13. ↑ "Rihanna Tops Hot 100, Ties the Beatles for Second-Most Total Weeks at No. 1 - Billboard". Billboard.
  14. ↑ Mansell, Henry (April 16, 2016). "Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Desiigner & Rihanna". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ Amaya Mendizabal (April 13, 2016). "Drake's 'Pop Style' & 'One Dance' Debut in Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "Hip Hop Single Sales: Drake, Desiigner & Rihanna". HipHopDX. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
  17. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Drake. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Drake feat. The Throne – Pop Style" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 18, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Drake feat. The Throne – Pop Style" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  22. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-04-14". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-04-21" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2016-04-14" UK R&B Chart. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Drake. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Drake. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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