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First worked on as a demo, Jackson co-wrote the song during a 1983 recording session with [[Paul Anka]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/anka-drake-dont-matter-to-me-1.4728229 |title=How Paul Anka brought Michael Jackson to Drake's new album Scorpion |date=Jun 29, 2018 |work=CBC |accessdate=July 21, 2018}}</ref>
First worked on as a demo, Jackson co-wrote the song during a 1983 recording session with [[Paul Anka]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/anka-drake-dont-matter-to-me-1.4728229 |title=How Paul Anka brought Michael Jackson to Drake's new album Scorpion |date=Jun 29, 2018 |work=CBC |accessdate=July 21, 2018}}</ref>


It was planned to be released as the album's fourth single, impacting British [[contemporary hit radio]] on July 6, 2018<ref name="UK hit radio release">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist|publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]] |accessdate=July 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709213820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|archivedate=July 9, 2017}}</ref> and US [[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic]] radio on July 10, 2018 alongside "[[In My Feelings (song)|In My Feelings]]".<ref name="Canceled rhythmic radio release">{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703214611/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> However, its US release was canceled when [[Republic Records]] decided to solely push "In My Feelings" to rhythmic and [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hit]] radio stations in the US.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709204611/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709204601/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40-Mainstream Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref> Its cancellation was confirmed through several media outlets.<ref>http://hiphop-n-more.com/2018/07/drake-dont-matter-to-me-scrapped-as-single-in-favor-of-in-my-feelings/</ref><ref>https://smashblocktv.com/2018/07/10/drakes-dont-matter-to-me-scrapped-as-a-single-in-favor-of-in-my-feelings/</ref>
It was planned to be released as the album's fourth single, impacting British [[contemporary hit radio]] on July 6, 2018<ref name="UK hit radio release">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist|publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]] |accessdate=July 9, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709213820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist|archivedate=July 9, 2017}}</ref> and US [[rhythmic contemporary|rhythmic]] radio on July 10, 2018 alongside "[[In My Feelings (song)|In My Feelings]]".<ref name="Canceled rhythmic radio release">{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703214611/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 3, 2018}}</ref> However, its release was canceled when [[Republic Records]] decided to solely push "In My Feelings" to rhythmic and [[contemporary hit radio|contemporary hit]] radio stations in the US and UK.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709204611/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases|title=Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709204601/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40-Mainstream Future Releases|publisher=All Access|archive-date=July 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist</ref> Its cancellation was confirmed through several media outlets.<ref>http://hiphop-n-more.com/2018/07/drake-dont-matter-to-me-scrapped-as-single-in-favor-of-in-my-feelings/</ref><ref>https://smashblocktv.com/2018/07/10/drakes-dont-matter-to-me-scrapped-as-a-single-in-favor-of-in-my-feelings/</ref>


== Critical reception ==
== Critical reception ==

Revision as of 20:27, 27 July 2018

"Don't Matter to Me"
Song by Drake featuring Michael Jackson
from the album Scorpion
Recorded
  • 1983 (original demo)
  • 2017–2018 (reworked)
StudioSandra Gale, Yolo Estate, CA
GenreR&B[1]
Length4:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)

"Don't Matter to Me" is a song by Canadian musician Drake from his fifth studio album Scorpion (2018).[2][3] Commercially, it has reached number one in Sweden as well as the top 10 in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The song features posthumous vocals from Michael Jackson,[4] taken from part of an unreleased 1983 session between Jackson and Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. "Love Never Felt So Good", released on Xscape, and "This Is It", also came from the same session; Anka is therefore credited as a songwriter on all three songs.

Background and planned single release

First worked on as a demo, Jackson co-wrote the song during a 1983 recording session with Paul Anka.[5]

It was planned to be released as the album's fourth single, impacting British contemporary hit radio on July 6, 2018[6] and US rhythmic radio on July 10, 2018 alongside "In My Feelings".[7] However, its release was canceled when Republic Records decided to solely push "In My Feelings" to rhythmic and contemporary hit radio stations in the US and UK.[8][9][10] Its cancellation was confirmed through several media outlets.[11][12]

Critical reception

Brendan Klinkenberg of Rolling Stone said, "[the song] opens like most Drake songs, with gloomy, atmospheric synths and Drake singing sweetly to an ex-lover. Then Jackson comes in; even with some digital quivering added to his vocals, he's unmistakeable. While the “featuring Michael Jackson” billing would feel like an unnecessary flourish in almost any scenario, it's close to earned here."[13] Larry Fitzmaurice of Entertainment Weekly thought "[the song] makes great melodic hay out of a headline-grabbing posthumous Michael Jackson feature."[14] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent deemed it "hauntingly beautiful", however, she felt Jackson's voice "is controversially auto-tuned to the point that it sounds more like one of his biggest imitators, The Weeknd."[15] NME's Luke Morgan described the song as "a clear-cut power move, rather than artistic posthumous collaboration," and considered it as an example of "cases of Drake doing things because he can, rather than because he should."[16] The Hollywood Reporter's Jonny Coleman felt the song "is as unsettling as a Tupac hologram, but ultimately not as offensive. It sounds like a Weeknd B-side but is weird enough to break up some of the exhaustion of listening to [Scorpion] in one sitting."[17] Dean Van Nguyen of The Irish Times said, "Jackson's segment is lovely, his vocal loop floating over the warm ‘n’ woozy orchestration which comes off as a kind of downbeat version of "Liberian Girl". Unfortunately, Drake is the worst thing about the song, his depressed coos sounding formless and without conviction."[18]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, "Don't Matter to Me" debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart on the chart dated July 12, 2018. It serves as Drake's 15th top-ten song and Michael Jackson's 44th top ten on the chart.[19][20]

In the United States, the song debuted at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it Drake's 31st top-ten song and Jackson's 30th top ten on the chart. It stands as Jackson's second posthumous top-ten entry, tying the peak of his duet with Justin Timberlake, "Love Never Felt So Good" (2014).[21]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.[22][23]

  • Noel Cadastre – recording
  • Noah "40" Shebib – production, recording
  • Noel "Gadget" Campbell – mixing
  • Harley Arsenault – mixing assistance
  • Greg Moffet – mixing assistance
  • Ronald Moonoo – mixing assistance
  • Michael Jackson – vocals
  • Nineteen85 – production

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[24] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[25] 18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[26] 33
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[27] 37
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[28] 4
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[29] 6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[30] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[31] 11
France (SNEP)[32] 19
Invalid chart entered Germany2 16
Greece (IFPI)[33] 17
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[34] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[35] 3
Italy (FIMI)[36] 23
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[37] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[38] 7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[39] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[40] 4
Portugal (AFP)[41] 2
Scotland (OCC)[42] 33
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[43] 4
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[44] 33
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[45] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[46] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[47] 2
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[48] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[49] 9
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[50] 8
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[51] 36

Release history

Single release
Region Date Format Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom July 6, 2018 Contemporary hit radio
[6]

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  3. ^ "Drake Reveals 'Scorpion' Features, Including Michael Jackson & Jay-Z". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Drake's 'Scorpion' Features Michael Jackson Vocal, References Newborn Son". Variety. June 28, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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