One Dance
Featuring Wizkid, Kyla
The album's commercial centerpiece, One Dance is widely read as a transnational dance-floor reverie — Drake folding Caribbean and West African rhythm into a confessional, slightly weary plea for one more night. Produced by Nineteen85 and Noah "40" Shebib with Wizkid and DJ Maphorisa (Sarz also worked on the record) and featuring Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid and British singer Kyla, it samples Kyla's 2008 UK funky track 'Do You Mind' in its Crazy Cousinz remix form, which DJ Maphorisa slowed before Wizkid's vocals were layered in. Classified as dancehall, R&B and UK funky, it was Drake's first foray into the sound that would define his global-pop era and his crossover into Afrobeats. Commercially it was historic: Drake's first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as a lead artist (10 non-consecutive weeks), 15 consecutive weeks atop the UK chart, No. 1 in roughly 15 countries, and Billboard's 2016 Song of the Summer.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "One Dance" and Views. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- Pitchfork: Drake 'Views' album reviewPitchfork · 2016-05-05 — Dated album review noting the absence of Kanye features.
- Billboard: Drake's Views first album to surpass 1 billion Apple Music streamsBillboard · 2016-07-12 — Dated report on Views passing 1B streams on Apple Music in roughly three months.
- Billboard: Views debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200Billboard · 2016-05-08 — Dated chart report for Views' Billboard 200 No. 1 debut and its 13 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.
- Billboard: 'One Dance' reaches No. 1 on the Hot 100Billboard · 2016-05-31 — Dated chart report on Drake's first solo lead-artist Hot 100 No. 1 with 'One Dance' featuring Wizkid and Kyla.
- Spotify Newsroom: 'One Dance' first to surpass 1 billion streamsSpotify · 2016-10-17 — Primary Spotify announcement that 'One Dance' became the first song to surpass one billion Spotify streams.
- Official Charts: 'One Dance' spends 15 weeks at No. 1 in the UKOfficial Charts Company · 2016-08-12 — Dated UK Official Charts report on 'One Dance' tying the all-time No. 1 streak record at that time.
- Beats 1: Drake on Views with Zane Lowe (2016)Apple Music / YouTube · 2016-04-29 — YouTube upload of Drake's Views release-day Beats 1 interview.
- Complex: Drake — Views from the 6 coverComplex · 2016-04-15 — Complex cover story tied to Views.
- Apple Music 1 curator pageApple Music — Apple Music 1 station surface used to verify Drake Zane Lowe interviews.
- Wikipedia: Nineteen85Wikipedia — Biographical reference for Paul Jefferies, his dvsn partnership, and 'Hotline Bling'/'One Dance' credits.
- Wikipedia: WizkidWikipedia — Biographical reference for Ayodeji Balogun, Lagos-born Afrobeats artist co-credited on 'One Dance.'
- Wikipedia: Kyla (British singer)Wikipedia — Biographical reference for Kyla Reid and the 2008 UK funky single 'Do You Mind' sampled wholesale into 'One Dance.'
- Wikipedia: Views (Drake album)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Views release facts, Toronto-weather concept, dancehall/Afrobeats/UK funky palette, track-by-track production and sample credits, mixed critical reception, and chart/certification data.
- Wikipedia: One Dance (Drake song)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for One Dance production (Nineteen85, 40, Wizkid, DJ Maphorisa), Kyla 'Do You Mind' Crazy Cousinz sample, Drake's first lead Hot 100 No. 1, UK 15-week run, Spotify 1-billion-streams record, and Wizkid Afrobeats milestone.
- Wikipedia: Feel No WaysWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Feel No Ways production (Jordan Ullman, 40, Kanye West), Malcolm McLaren 'World's Famous' 80s synth-pop sample, and Views all-20-tracks Hot 100 record context.
- Drake — Can I (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms 2015 leak, intended-for-Views status, The Smiths 'The Draize Train' sample and Beyonce additional vocals (reportedly an 'XO' outtake).
