The Motto (Drake song)

"The Motto"
"The Motto"
Single by Drake featuring Lil Wayne
from the album Take Care
Released	November 29, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Hip hop;
Length	3:02 (Album version); 3:54 (Remix version featuring Tyga)
Label	Young Money; Cash Money; Republic;
Songwriter(s)	Aubrey Graham; Dwayne Carter; Tyler Williams; Micheal Stevenson (remix);
Producer(s)	T-Minus
Drake singles chronology
Lil Wayne singles chronology
Music video
	"The Motto" on YouTube

"The Motto" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake featuring American rapper Lil Wayne. It is a digital iTunes Store bonus track from Drake's second studio album Take Care. "The Motto" premiered on Power 106 on October 31, 2011.^[1] Drake released the song on his OVO blog a day later.^[2] It was first played on rhythmic top 40 radio stations on November 29, 2011 as the album's fourth single.^[3]

The track has sold over three million copies in the United States.^[4] It peaked atop both the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and US Rap Songs charts, and was ranked 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-end Chart. "The Motto" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards.^[5] Peaking at number 14, the song is one of the few songs to rank within the top 20 in the year-end chart without reaching the top ten. A music video directed by Lamar Taylor and Hyghly Alleyne was released on YouTube on February 10, 2012 and features cameos from E-40 and Mistah F.A.B.^[6]

"The Motto" is best known for popularizing the phrase YOLO, an acronym for You Only Live Once, which is uttered during the song's hook.^[7]

^ "Drake Debuts 'The Motto,' T.I.'s 'Headlines' Remix & Talks Kendrick Lamar Feature". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
^ "Drake Feat. Lil Wayne – The Motto". October's Very Own. November 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
^ Cite error: The named reference The Motto airplay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference chartwatch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Vasquez, Andres (2012-12-06). "Grammy Nominees Revealed; Frank Ocean, Drake & 2 Chainz Among Those Nominated | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
^ "The Motto (Explicit) – Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga". VEVO.
^ "#YOLO: The newest acronym you'll love to hate". The Washington Post. April 6, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

[1] "Drake Debuts 'The Motto,' T.I.'s 'Headlines' Remix & Talks Kendrick Lamar Feature". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 1, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.

[Drake_Feat._Lil_Wayne_–_The_Motto-2] "Drake Feat. Lil Wayne – The Motto". October's Very Own. November 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2012.

[The_Motto_airplay-3] Cite error: The named reference The Motto airplay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[chartwatch-4] Cite error: The named reference chartwatch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Vasquez, Andres (2012-12-06). "Grammy Nominees Revealed; Frank Ocean, Drake & 2 Chainz Among Those Nominated | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

[6] "The Motto (Explicit) – Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Tyga". VEVO.

[7] "#YOLO: The newest acronym you'll love to hate". The Washington Post. April 6, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2016.

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