One Dance

"One Dance"
Single by Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla
from the album Views
ReleasedApril 5, 2016
Recorded2015
Genre
Length2:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Drake singles chronology
"Come and See Me"
(2016) 		"One Dance"
(2016) 		"Pop Style"
(2016)
WizKid singles chronology
"Erima"
(2016) 		"One Dance"
(2016) 		"Mamacita"
(2016)
Kyla singles chronology
"Do You Mind"
(2008) 		"One Dance"
(2016) 		"Should've Been Me"
(2016)

"One Dance" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his fourth studio album Views (2016). It features guest vocals from Nigerian afrobeats artist Wizkid and British singer Kyla.[2] The artists co-wrote the dancehall and afrobeats song with its co-producers Nineteen85 and Noah "40" Shebib, with production assistance from Wizkid.[3][4] Crazy Cousinz and Kyla received songwriting credits for the sampling of their 2008 UK funky song "Do You Mind".[5]

"One Dance" was released for digital download on April 5, 2016, and was serviced to US urban, rhythmic, 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". "One Dance" was the first of three dancehall singles to be released from Views, along with "Controlla" and "Too Good".[9][10]

"One Dance" reached number one in 15 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom - where it later also became the longest running top 10 single of the 2010s decade in the region, and the United States, becoming Drake's first number-one single in all 15 countries as the lead artist. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for 10 non-consecutive weeks and became the joint-second longest consecutive number one in the UK Singles Chart with 15 consecutive weeks at the summit. Featured artist Wizkid became the first Nigerian artist to (chart on and) top the US Billboard Hot 100.[11] "One Dance" became the second dancehall song of 2016 to top the Billboard Hot 100 after Rihanna's "Work" which also featured Drake.

On September 7, 2016, Billboard named "One Dance" the 2016 Song of the Summer.[12] As of December 2016, it has sold 2 million copies in the US, thus being the fifth-best-selling song of the year.[13] For Apple Music it was the best performing song of the year.[14] On October 15, 2016, "One Dance" became the most played song ever on streaming media service Spotify, with over one billion individual streams, overtaking the previous record held by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On".[15][16][17] Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" overtook "One Dance" as the most streamed song on Spotify on September 21, 2017. "One Dance" was the best-performing single worldwide of 2016[18] and is one of the best-selling digital singles of all-time.

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