"Charged Up" is a song by Canadian rapper

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. It is the first of two

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s aimed at American rapper

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by Drake. At OVO Fest 2015, Drake performed this song and "Back to Back" live.

Background

On July 22, 2015, Meek Mill publicly criticized Drake on

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after being upset with Drake's non-involvement with the promotion of his album ''

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'', claiming that he used

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s to write his verse on " R.I.C.O." Following this, Drake released two diss songs within a week, "Charged Up" and "Back to Back", both aimed at Meek Mill. Meek Mill later responded with another diss song about Drake, titled " Wanna Know". Meek Mill later removed his diss to Drake on

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Track listing

Digital download # "Charged Up" – 3:10

Personnel

All are credited as songwriters. Adapted from TIDAL. * Maneesh – production * 40 – production *

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– keyboards *

– vocals

Charts

Commercial performance

"Charged Up" debuted and peaked at number 75 on the ''

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. The song also debuted and peaked at number 78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Weekly charts

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at Genius
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