Talk Up

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| name = Talk Up

| cover =

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| artist = Drake featuring Jay-Z

| album = Scorpion

| released =

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| recorded = 2018

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| genre = Hip hop

| length = {{duration|m=3|s=44}}

| label = {{hlist|OVO Sound|Cash Money|Young Money}}

| writer = {{hlist|Aubrey Graham|Shawn Carter|Paul Beauregard|Leroy Bonner|O'Shea Jackson|Marshall Jones|Ralph Middlebrooks|Walter Morisson|Andrew Noland|Gregory Webster|Andre Young|Tim Moore}}

| producer = DJ Paul

}}

"Talk Up" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his album, Scorpion (2018). It features American rapper Jay-Z and additional uncredited vocals by Canadian rapper Baka Not Nice. The song reached the top 20 in Canada and the United States.

Composition

"Talk Up" is a hip hop song that contains samples from N.W.A's song "Dope Man" (1987).

Commercial performance

=North America=

On July 14, 2018, "Talk Up" entered the charts at number 17 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and remained in the top 100 until July 28, 2018. The song spent eight weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, entering the charts at number 20, its immediate peak, on July 14, 2018.{{Cite magazine|title=Drake Claims 7 of Hot 100's Top 10, Breaking the Beatles' Record, As 'Nice For What' Returns to No. 1 For Eighth Week|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8464454/drake-hot-100-record-nice-for-what-scorpion|access-date=2021-03-16|magazine=Billboard|language=en}}

=Internationally=

The song peaked in the top 40 in Australia, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia and has charted on the charts of Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2018}}

| 33

{{single chart|Austria|71|artist=Drake feat. Jay-Z|song=Talk Up|rowheader=true|access-date=July 13, 2018}}
{{single chart|Canada|17|artist=Drake|rowheader=true|access-date=July 13, 2018}}
{{single chart|Czechdigital|61|year=2018|week=27|rowheader=true|access-date=July 9, 2018}}
{{single chart|France|123|artist=Drake feat. Jay-Z|song=Talk Up|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2018}}
{{single chart|Germany|83|songid=1775422|artist=Drake|song=Nonstop|rowheader=true|access-date=July 6, 2018}}
scope="row"|Greece International Digital Singles (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_el.html|title=IFPI – Greek Charts|publisher=IFPI|access-date=July 9, 2018}}

| 40

{{single chart|Dutch100|54|artist=Drake feat. Jay-Z|song=Talk Up|rowheader=true|access-date=July 6, 2018}}
{{single chart|Portugal|26|artist=Drake feat. Jay-Z|song=Talk Up|rowheader=true|access-date=July 8, 2018}}
{{single chart|Slovakdigital2|37|year=2018|week=27|rowheader=true|access-date=July 9, 2018}}
scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/|title=Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=July 6, 2018}}

| 55

{{single chart |UKstreaming|22|song=Talk Up |artist=Drake feat. Jay-Z|date=2018-07-06 |rowheader=true |access-date=August 1, 2019|refname=ukstreaming}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|20|artist=Drake|rowheader=true|access-date=July 13, 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|17|artist=Drake|rowheader=true|access-date=July 13, 2018}}

References