Back to Back (Drake song)

"Back to Back"
Single by Drake
Released July 31, 2015
Format Digital download
Genre Hip hop
Length 2:50
Label Young Money
Writer(s) Drake
Producer(s) Noah "40" Shebib, Drake (co.)
Drake singles chronology
"Charged Up"
(2015)		 "Back to Back"
(2015)		 "Hotline Bling"
(2015)

"Back to Back" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake. It is the second diss track created by Drake aimed at American rapper Meek Mill, following "Charged Up".[1] At OVO Fest 2015, Drake performed "Charged Up" and "Back to Back" live.[2][3] The song is nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Background and release

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.", and then releasing the reference track to the song.[4] Following this, Drake released two diss songs within a week, "Charged Up" and "Back to Back", both aimed at Meek Mill.[5][6] The song's title references to the Toronto Blue Jays' back to back World Series wins, specifically to the 1993 World Series where the Blue Jays defeated the Philadelphia Phillies; Meek Mill's home town.[7] Meek Mill later responded with another diss song about Drake, titled "Wanna Know".[8] Meek Mill later removed his diss to Drake on SoundCloud.[9]

Track listing

  1. "Back to Back" – 2:50

Commercial performance

"Back to Back" debuted and peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.[11] The song also debuted and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, with its chart entrance fueled by 122,000 first-week digital download sales and 4.5 million streams.[12] As of September 2015, "Back to Back" has sold 253,000 copies in the United States.[13]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14] 27
scope="row" France (SNEP)[15] 152
scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 77
scope="row" US Billboard Hot 100[17] 21
scope="row" US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[18] 8
scope="row" US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[19] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[20] 99

References

  1. ↑ "Drake - Back To Back (Meek Mill Diss) [New song]". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved August 16, 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. ↑ Mike Dyce (29 July 2015). "Drake uses Blue Jays' World Series win over Phillies to troll Meek Mill". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meek Mill hits back at Drake with diss track 'Wanna Know'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 2015.
  9. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meek-mill-ends-drake-beef-open-letter-before-removing-his-wanna-know-diss-song-soundcloud-1515388
  10. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Back to Back - Single by Drake". iTunes. Retrieved August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Drake - Chart History - Canada Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 2015.
  12. ↑ Mendizabal, Amaya (August 12, 2015). "Drake Takes Over Charts in Wake of Meek Mill Feud". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  13. ↑ Mansell, Henry (September 5, 2015). "Hip Hop Single Sales: Silentó, The Weeknd & Fetty Wap". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Drake - Chart History - Billboard Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Drake – Back to Back" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-08-13" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  17. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Drake.
  18. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Drake.
  19. ↑ "Drake – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rap Songs for Drake.
  20. ↑ "Hot 100: Year End 2015". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved 9 December 2015.


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