Worst Behavior#Derivative works
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{{Infobox song
| name = Worst Behavior
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Drake
| album = Nothing Was the Same
| released = {{start date|2014|6|9}}
| recorded = 2013
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| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|trap|glitch hop}}
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=30}}
| label = {{hlist|Aspire|Young Money|Cash Money|Republic}}
| writer = {{hlist|Aubrey Graham|Anthony Palman|Dacoury Natche|Noel Fisher}}
| producer = DJ Dahi
| chronology = Drake
| prev_title = Believe Me
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = 0 to 100 / The Catch Up
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|CccnAvfLPvE|"Worst Behavior"}}}}
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"Worst Behavior" is a song by Canadian recording artist Drake from his third studio album Nothing Was the Same (2013). "Worst Behavior" was produced by DJ Dahi, and was written by Drake, Anthony Palman, DJ Dahi, and Detail. The song peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On June 9, 2014, the song was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United Kingdom as the album's seventh single.
Background
"Worst Behavior" was produced by Los Angeles–based producer DJ Dahi, best known at the time for producing Schoolboy Q's "Sexting" and Kendrick Lamar "Money Trees".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1714247/drake-nothing-was-the-same-worst-behaviour.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925055333/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1714247/drake-nothing-was-the-same-worst-behaviour.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2013 |title=Drake Changes Up His 'Rap Flow' On NWTS's 'Worst Behaviour' - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV.com |date=September 18, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}} DJ Dahi spoke to MTV about the collaboration saying his manager sent the beat to Drake in mid-August 2013 before Drake announced the album's pushed back release date. Drake then chose to use the instrumental, and met with Dahi later to discuss the record. Additionally Dahi said, "It's dope because it's different from what Drake has ever done to me I think, sonically. His pocket is different; his rap flow is kind of crazy on that one."
In the song Drake reflects back on his childhood grind, and tells off his detractors who did not believe he would ever make it. The song features a "screwed-and-chopped-sounding, hook-less beat," while raps an extended quote of Ma$e's verse from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money, Mo Problems".{{cite web|author=Andrew Unterberger |url=http://popdust.com/2013/09/16/drakes-nothing-was-the-same-reviewed-worst-behaviour/ |title=Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" Reviewed: "Worst Behaviour" |publisher=Popdust |date=September 16, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}} Vibe called the song trap-influenced and included Hudson Mohawke, among other upcoming producers in a wish list of producers that should remix the song.{{cite web|url=http://www.vibe.com/photo-gallery/5-producers-who-should-make-trap-remix-drakes-worst-behaviour |title=5 Producers Who Should Make A Trap Remix Of Drake's 'Worst Behaviour' |publisher=Vibe |date=September 19, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}}
Release and promotion
"Worst Behavior" was added to the playlist of United Kingdom urban contemporary radio station BBC Radio 1Xtra on June 9, 2014.{{cite web|title=Radio 1Xtra Playlist|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/playlist|publisher=BBC|access-date=June 9, 2014|archive-url=http://www.freezepage.com/1402345156UDCEYRALKM?url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/playlist|archive-date=June 9, 2014|date=June 9, 2014}} It subsequently impacted UK contemporary hit radio on July 7, 2014, as the album's seventh single.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/this-weeks-new-releases-07-07-2014-3147/ |title=This Week's New Releases 07-07-2014 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=July 7, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2014 |author=Lane, Daniel}}
Critical reception
The song was met with general acclaim from music critics. Julia Leconte of NOW declared the song an album standout.{{cite web|author=Julia LeConte |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=194439 |title=Drake | NOW Magazine |publisher=Nowtoronto.com |date= September 19, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2013}} Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called the song Nothing Was the Same{{'}}s most chaotic and rowdy moment, "which seethes with spite."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/arts/music/drake-finds-his-tougher-side-on-nothing-was-the-same.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1 |title=Drake Finds His Tougher Side on Nothing Was the Same |access-date=November 10, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 18, 2013 |last=Caramanica |first=Jon }} Mike Diver of Clash said the song was the first song of the album "that really bumps, rather than grinding politely against the senses in the style that past Drake tracks like 'Club Paradise' achieved. Drake sounds charged up, properly prickly, as he spits about how a certain "motherf*cker never loved us"."{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/drake-nothing-was-the-same |title=Drake - Nothing Was The Same | Reviews | Clash Magazine |publisher=Clashmusic.com |access-date=October 10, 2013}}
Adam Thomas of Sputnikmusic called "Worst Behavior" a club friendly trap glitch-out.{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/58977/Drake-Nothing-Was-the-Same/ |title=Review: Drake - Nothing Was the Same |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=September 24, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}} Jayson Greene of Pitchfork praised the production, saying it featured "glowering low-end synth and an insectile battery of defaced-sounding percussion." Greene also called it the "meanest thing Drake has ever rapped over."{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18511-drake-nothing-was-the-same/ |title=Drake: Nothing Was the Same | Album Reviews |publisher=Pitchfork |date=September 23, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}} William Ketchum of HipHopDX also credited the song as using "anthem choruses and punchline-laden verses to revel in victories despite humble beginnings", along with praising the song's production.{{cite web|last=Ketchum |first=William E. |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2150/title.drake-nothing-was-the-same |title=Drake - Nothing Was The Same | Read Hip Hop Reviews, Rap Reviews & Hip Hop Album Reviews |publisher=HipHopDX |date=September 23, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}} Nathan Slavik of DJBooth spoke on the song, saying "once an album, Drake likes to serve up a true banger, a track designed to be played at 11. On Take Care, it was 'Lord Knows' and on Nothing Was the Same it's 'Worst Behavior', a cut with a hypnotic beat but vocally doesn't amount to much more than Drake quoting Mase and saying 'motherfucker' as many times as possible; swearing seems to be the extent of his bad behavior. I get why Drizzy makes tracks like this, he clearly cares enough about his reputation as an emcee to defend it, but it's also when he's at his least convincing."{{cite web|author=Drake |url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/drake-nothing-was-the-same#review |title=Drake - Nothing Was the Same - Stream & Read Album Review |publisher=Djbooth.net |access-date=October 10, 2013}}
Andrew Unterberger of PopCrush gave it a less positive review, saying "Worst Behavior" is definitely a low end for Nothing Was the Same, and like "Own It", it might have been a lot more effective coming later in the album, but coming where it does, it just sounds kinda brutal and unnecessary." Jay Soul of RapReviews called the song, "interesting but arguably misplaced."{{cite web|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2013_09F_nothingwasthesame.html |title=Feature for September 24, 2013 - Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" |publisher=Rapreviews.com |date=September 24, 2013 |access-date=October 10, 2013}}
Pitchfork named "Worst Behavior" the 18th best song of 2013. They elaborated saying,
:"Drake's worst has him flexing, ogling the zeroes on his checks, and defeating a handicapped Serena Williams on the tennis court. But 'Worst Behavior' isn't so much about the what as much as the why—it's powered by a blinding sense of indignation that's spring-loaded for maximum comeuppance upon any and all who have ever doubted this middle-class Canadian child star. The song begins with what sounds like a flying saucer landing, as if the rapper rented a UFO from Area 51 and flew it to a poor old hater's backyard just so he could tell them to fuck off. Drake's Tourette's flow matches the beat's halting clatter, each incensed shout—remember?! ... muhfucka?!—hitting like a bomb in the dark."{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9288-the-top-tracks-of-2013/9/|title=The Top 100 Tracks of 2013 - Page 9 - Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|access-date=September 30, 2016|archive-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218133624/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9288-the-top-tracks-of-2013/9/|url-status=dead}}
Kyle Kramer of Complex named it the third best song of 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/12/complex-staff-best-albums-songs-2013/kyle-kramer|title=The Complex Staff Lists Their Favorite Songs and Albums of 2013Kyle Kramer|website=Complex Networks |access-date=September 30, 2016}}
Music video
The music video for "Worst Behavior" was filmed in mid-October 2013, in Memphis, Tennessee, by Director X. Turk of the Hot Boys, Drake's father, Juicy J, and Project Pat, along with MJG from 8Ball & MJG, made cameo appearances in the video.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/10/drake-is-shooting-worst-behaviour-video-in-memphis/ |title=Drake Is Shooting "Worst Behaviour" Video In Memphis - XXL |publisher=Xxlmag.com |date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/10/17/drake-shoots-worst-behavior-video-in-memphis/#more-90783 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017154506/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2013/10/17/drake-shoots-worst-behavior-video-in-memphis/#more-90783 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |title=Drake Shoots 'Worst Behavior' Video In Memphis |publisher=Rapfix.mtv.com |date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/drake-worst-behaviour-video-preview |title=Drake "Worst Behaviour" Video Preview |publisher=Complex |access-date=November 10, 2013}} On November 9, 2013, Drake previewed the music video during his stop in New Orleans during Would You Like A Tour?. The ten-minute-long music video was released on November 11, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/11/drakes-worst-behavior-video/|title=Drake's "Worst Behavior" Video - XXL|access-date=September 30, 2016}}
Derivative works
Eric Dingus, an 18-year-old Austin, Texas–based electronic producer, released a remix of the song to his SoundCloud page. The remix was shared on Drake's October's Very Own blog on November 17, 2013.{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Duncan |date=November 18, 2013 |title=Stream: Drake, "Worst Behavior (Eric Dingus Remix)" |work=The Fader |url=https://www.thefader.com/2013/11/18/stream-drake-worst-behavior-eric-dingus-remix/ |access-date=April 6, 2023}}
Indian-Canadian YouTube celebrity Jus Reign created a cover video which was shot in Punjab, India, and uploaded to YouTube in April 2014.{{Cite news |date=April 22, 2014 |title=This Drake Parody Is Straight Out of Punjab (NSFW Video) |work=The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/this-drake-parody-is-straight-out-of-punjab-nsfw-video_n_5194452 |access-date=April 6, 2023}}
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Ceremony !Award !Result |
|---|
| rowspan="5"|2014
|rowspan="2"|BET Awards 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6084917/beyonce-jay-z-lead-2014-bet-awards |title=Beyonce & Jay Z Lead 2014 BET Awards |publisher=Billboard |date=January 26, 2014 |access-date=May 14, 2014}} |Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award |rowspan="2" {{nom}} |
| Video of the Year |
| rowspan="3"|2014 BET Hip Hop Awards
|Best Hip Hop Video |rowspan="2" {{won}} |
| People's Champ Award |
| Track of the Year
|rowspan="2" {{nom}} |
Charts
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{{col-2}}
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2013–2014)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|89|artist=Drake|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|29|artist=Drake|rowheader=true}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2014|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 26, 2019}}
| style="text-align:center"| 92 |
{{col-end}}
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|certyear=2024|award=Gold|access-date=June 22, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Drake|title=Worst Behavior|type=single|award=Silver|id=17375-2363-1|relyear=2013|certyear=2021|accessdate=October 20, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Drake|title=Worst Behavior|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2013|certyear=2018}}
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