Too Good

"Too Good"
Single by Drake featuring Rihanna
from the album Views
Released	July 26, 2016
Format	Digital download
Recorded	August 2015
Length	4:23
Label	OVO BBK Young Money Cash Money Republic
Writer(s)	Aubrey Graham Robyn Fenty Paul Jefferies Maneesh Bidaye Dwayne Chin-Quee Andrew Hershey Andre Sutherland A. Martin[1]
Producer(s)	Nineteen85 Supa Dups Bidaye
Drake singles chronology
"No Shopping" (2016) "Too Good" (2016) "Big Amount" (2016)
Rihanna singles chronology "Sledgehammer" (2016) "Too Good" (2016) "Love on the Brain" (2016)

"Too Good" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake, recorded for his fourth studio album Views (2016). It features vocals from Barbadian pop singer Rihanna. It samples "Love Yuh Bad" performed by Popcaan. The song was released as the fourth single from the album in the UK on May 15, 2016; and serviced to US contemporary hit radio on July 26, 2016, as the fifth single in that market. The artists co-wrote the track with its producers Nineteen85, Maneesh Bidaye, and Dwayne Chin-Quee, with additional writing from Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland and A. Martin. It reached number 9 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Composition

"Too Good" is written in the key of G Lydian and has a tempo of 118 beats per minute.^[2] The vocals in the song span from A₃ to D₅ with the song moving in common time.^[3]

Production

"Too Good" came into fruition after both Drake and Rihanna recorded her 2016 single "Work", Drake recalled stating "I was like, I think I have one that would follow this one up really nicely. She got in the studio and just bodied it. It was like a flawless victory when she sent it back ... We have a genuine energy between us."^[4] "Too Good" was written by Drake, Paul Jefferies, Robyn Fenty, Maneesh Bidaye, Diego Sanchez, Dwayne Chin-Quee, Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland and A. Martin, and produced by Nineteen85 and Supa Dups. In addition to Drake's lead vocals, the track features a guest appearance from Rihanna and contains vocal and lyrical samples of "Love Yuh Bad" performed by Popcaan.^[5] It is the fourth collaboration between Drake and Rihanna after "What's My Name?", "Take Care" and "Work".^[6]

Critical reception

Matthew Ramirez of Pitchfork Media named the song "The Best New Track" of the day and "Too Good" a highlight from Views. Ramirez stated, ""Too Good" is a vestige of the same creative juices that flowed through "Work"'s Caribbean-inspired polyrhythm. (A similar influence is all over Views.) Drake clumsily interprets a Popcaan song that nineteen85 (of dvsn) ends up sampling anyway, but give him some credit for embracing his fake patois. This is one of a few songs on Views that benefits from his unabashed shamelessness in the same way that texting someone at 4 a.m. and claiming you did it on accident is shameless. ("I wanna benefit from the friendship/I wanna get the late night message" is the Drake-iest moment here.) People always feel unappreciated and overworked in their relationships, and here Drake and Rihanna nail that dynamic as only they can—mixing blunt neediness with lust."^[7]

Ed Masley of AZCentral said it revisited "the Caribbean dancehall rhythms" of Rihanna's “Work", and going on to note that Drake "and his greatest female duet partner trade off verses in a richly detailed he-said/she-said portrait of what may be going through the other person's head while you're busy convincing yourself that you're the only person putting any effort into this relationship."^[8]

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[9]	3
Australia Urban (ARIA)	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10]	38
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11]	9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[12]	30
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[13]	9
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[14]	26
Denmark (Tracklisten)[15]	14
France (SNEP)[16]	29
Germany (Official German Charts)[17]	30
Hungary (Single Top 40)[18]	30
Ireland (IRMA)[19]	7
Italy (FIMI)[20]	33
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21]	9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22]	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23]	4
Norway (VG-lista)[24]	27
Portugal (AFP)[25]	9
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[26]	21
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[27]	87
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[28]	19
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[29]	41
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30]	13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[31]	25
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[32]	3
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[33]	2
US Billboard Hot 100[34]	14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[35]	3
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[36]	9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[37]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[38]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
Belgium (BEA)[39]	Gold	15,000^*
France (SNEP)[40]	Gold	150,000^*
Italy (FIMI)[41]	Platinum	50,000^*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[42]	Platinum	15,000^*
Sweden (GLF)[43]	Gold	20,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Platinum	600,000
United States (RIAA)[45]	N/A	619,000[46]
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Radio and release history

Region	Date	Format	Ref.
United States	July 26, 2016	Contemporary hit radio	[47]
Italy	October 7, 2016		[48]

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