Hotline Bling

**"Hotline Bling"**

General information

Artist
Drake

Released
July 31, 2015

Recorded
2015

Genre
* Pop
* Hip Hop
* R&B

Length
4:27

Label
* Cash Money
* Young Money Entertainment
* Republic Records

Appears on
* *Sing 2* (during auditions)
* *Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* (as part of the "SING 2 Audition Medley")

Writer(s)
* Aubrey Graham
* Paul Jeffries
* Timmy Thomas

Producer(s)
Nineteen85

 Chronology

**"Hotline Bling"** is a song recorded and co-written by rapper Drake. It was released on July 31, 2015 as the lead single for Drake's fourth album *Views* (2016), though it serves as the final track on the album itself. Upon its release, Hotline Bling peaked at number two on the US *Billboard* Hot 100. It also peaked at number three in the UK and Drake's native Canada. At the 2016 American Music Awards, "Hotline Bling" won the award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song. The song also won Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
In *Sing 2*, a slug auditioned for Jimmy Crystal with this song.

Lyrics

**[Intro]**
You used to call me on my
You used to, you used to
Yeah

**[Chorus]**
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

**[Verse 1]**
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

**[Chorus]**
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

**[Verse 2]**
Ever since I left the city, you, you, you
You and me, we just don't get along
You make me feel like I did you wrong
Going places where you don't belong
Ever since I left the city, you
You got exactly what you asked for
Running out of pages in your passport
Hangin' with some girls I've never seen before

**[Chorus]**
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

**[Bridge]**
These days, all I do is
Wonder if you're bendin' over backwards for someone else
Wonder if you're rolling up a Backwoods for someone else
Doing things I taught you, gettin' nasty for someone else
You don't need no one else
You don't need nobody else, no
Why you never alone?
Why you always touching road?
Used to always stay at home
Be a good girl, you was in the zone
Yeah, you should just be yourself
Right now, you're someone else

**[Chorus]**
You used to call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
Call me on my cell phone
Late-night when you need my love
And I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing
I know when that hotline bling
That can only mean one thing

**[Outro]**
Ever since I left the city…

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References

1. ↑ Views by Drake on Apple Music. *Apple* (April 19, 2016). Retrieved on June 30, 2021.
2. ↑ McIntyre, Hugh. "American Music Awards 2016: Full List Of Winners", *Forbes*, November 20, 2016. Retrieved on June 30, 2021.
3. ↑ "Grammy Awards 2017: See the Full Winners List", *Billboard*, Lynne Segall, February 12, 2017. Retrieved on June 30, 2021.