Hold On, We're Going Home

"Hold On, We're Going Home"
Single by Drake featuring Majid Jordan
from the album Nothing Was the Same
ReleasedAugust 7, 2013 (2013-08-07)
Recorded2012
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Length3:47
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Drake singles chronology
"No Guns Allowed"
(2013) 		"Hold On, We're Going Home"
(2013) 		"Live For"
(2013)
Majid Jordan singles chronology
"Hold On, We're Going Home"
(2013) 		"A Place Like This"
(2014)
Music video
"Hold On, We're Going Home" on YouTube

"Hold On, We're Going Home" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, featuring R&B duo Majid Jordan. The song was produced by Noah "40" Shebib, OVO Sound's Majid Jordan and Nineteen85, and it is the second single from his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same, and was released for digital download on August 7, 2013,[3][4][5] following the 2013 OVO Fest. It was later released to mainstream and rhythmic contemporary radio on August 13, 2013.

The song peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, as well as number five on the singles chart in his native Canada. The song received positive reviews from music critics and was named the best song of 2013 by Pitchfork Media[6] as well as number 21 on its "Best Tracks of the Decade" list.[7] In 2021, it was listed at No. 129 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[8]

  1. ^ Sargent, Jordan (August 6, 2013). "Drake Goes Phil Collins on Synth-Poppy 'Hold on We're Going Home'". Spin. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Pitchfork Staff (October 7, 2019). "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 22, 2022. It's raw seduction, a disco-reminiscent ballad that borrows from Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".
  3. ^ "Hold On, We're Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan) – Single". iTunes Store. Apple. August 7, 2013. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "Hold On We're Going Home by Drake". Songfacts.
  5. ^ "Hold On, We're Going Home. Release by Drake feat. Majid Jordan". Musicbrainz.
  6. ^ "The Top 100 Tracks of 2013". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  7. ^ "And Pitchfork says the best song of the decade is…". FasterLouder. 2014-08-18. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  8. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-19.