Don't Matter to Me

"Don't Matter to Me"
Single by Drake and Michael Jackson
from the album Scorpion
ReleasedJuly 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)
Recorded
  • 1980 (Jackson's session)
  • 2018 (official single)
StudioSandra Gale, Yolo Estate, CA
GenreR&B[1]
Length4:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • 40
  • Nineteen85
Drake singles chronology
"Bigger Than You"
(2018)
"Don't Matter to Me"
(2018)
"In My Feelings"
(2018)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous"
(2017)
"Don't Matter to Me"
(2018)
"Diamonds Are Invincible"
(2018)

"Don't Matter to Me" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake and American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, from the former's fifth studio album Scorpion (2018).[2][3][4] It was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 on July 6, 2018.[5] With Jackson's vocals being used posthumously, the song was set to be released to US rhythmic radio on July 10, 2018 alongside "In My Feelings".[6] However, its release in the country was cancelled when Republic Records decided to solely push "In My Feelings" to rhythmic and contemporary hit radio stations in the US.[7][8][9] Commercially, the song has reached No. 1 in Sweden and Greece as well as the top 10 in Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Jackson's vocals were taken from part of an unreleased 1980 session between Jackson and Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. The songs "Love Never Felt So Good" and "This Is It" (a.k.a. "I Never Heard") also came from the same session.[10]

  1. ^ "Michael Jackson returns posthumously on Drake album". Deccan Herald. June 29, 2018.
  2. ^ "Drake's new album 'Scorpion' - release date, tracklist, tour dates and everything we know so far - NME". NME. June 28, 2018.
  3. ^ "Drake Reveals 'Scorpion' Features, Including Michael Jackson & Jay-Z". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Drake's 'Scorpion' Features Michael Jackson Vocal, References Newborn Son". Variety. June 28, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist". BBC Radio 1. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "Drake's "Don't Matter to Me" Scrapped as a Single in Favor of "In My Feelings"". Hiphopnmore. July 10, 2018.
  8. ^ "Top 40-Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "Top 40-Mainstream Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on July 9, 2018.
  10. ^ Shields, Damien (January 3, 2021). "Love Never Felt So Good and Michael Jackson's Work with Paul Anka". Retrieved June 6, 2022.

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