"Favorite Song" is a song by American rapper and singer

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, released on February 17, 2023, serving as the lead single from his second studio album, '' Naujour''. It was produced by ADELSO and Tatiana Manaois (who also provides background vocals on the song). The slow R&B beat with a sample sees Toosii sing about him being the perfect valentine for his partner. A remix with fellow American singer Khalid, along with a remix entitled as the "Toxic Version" with fellow American rapper

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, were respectively released on May 5 and May 19.

Background

A snippet of the song was first uploaded to his

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profile on January 7, 2023. Following the upload, the song garnered major attention across the platform as Toosii teased a

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release if the song gained 100,000 pre-saves.

Composition

"Favorite Song" utilizes a prominent sample from the song's producer Tatiana Manaois's November 2022 song, "You Might as Well". The sample builds the flow for the rest of the track and helps Toosii build the layers of the song in which he sings about his love for his girlfriend and how to treat his girlfriend correctly.

Critical reception

''The Music Universe''s Buddy Iahn noted that on the song, Toosii is "singing directly to those stinging with hurt and yearning for an intuitive, compassionate relationship." Quincy from ''Rating Game Music'' described the "romantic" track as "one of those touching tracks that carefully straddles the line between

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." He concludes his review by stating that "Toosii talks about being a great support system and willing lover to a special someone" and that "by the time you listen to the track two or three times in a row, it will get stuck in your head right next to your Netflix password."

Commercial performance

Debuting with 9.7 million U.S. streams, Toosii's "Favorite Song" debuted at number 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, marking his first entry on the chart. He also made his first appearance on the ''Billboard''

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, debuting at number 192 on the chart. It would later respectively peak at 5 and 25 on the Hot 100 and Global 200. Prior to the song's release, it had gone viral on the video-sharing app

earning over 60,000 videos made using the snippet sound. The track now has over 300,000 videos made to the track on the platform.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

– vocals, songwriting, recording engineer * Adelso – co-production, songwriting * Tatiana Manaois – co-production, songwriting *

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– mastering, mixing engineer * Mike Seaberg – mixing engineer * DJ Riggins – assistant mixing engineer * Jacob Richards – assistant mixing engineer * Rachel Blum – assistant mixing engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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