"I Don't Fuck with You", known by the initialism "IDFWU", is a song by American rapper

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featuring California rapper

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, released on September 19, 2014, as the lead single from the former's third studio album ''

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'' (2015). "I Don't Fuck with You" was produced by

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, Mike Free and

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label boss

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, and samples the 1976

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song " Say You Love Me One More Time". Closing adlibs are performed over a slowed down version of the 1978

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song "

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". All performers and producers receive songwriting credits alongside co-producers

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and

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, with additional songwriting from longtime Big Sean affiliate, Michigan rapper Willie "SayItAintTone" Hansbro.

Background and release

On March 19, 2014,

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uploaded to

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a snippet of an unreleased song which has the same beat. The record was supposed to be Bieber's, but there was no communication with the management, so producer

decided to give the record to Big Sean. On September 12, 2014, Big Sean announced he had signed with

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for a management deal, but stated he was still with

. "I Don't Fuck with You" was released on the same day with three more new songs: "

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", "4th Quarter", and "Jit / Juke". Producers included

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, Nate Fox, Da Internz, L&F, and

. The clean edit of the song produced for radio airplay does not contain either the word "fuck" or other words in the lyrics prohibited by the

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Lyrics

Sean had been in a relationship with actress

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and the couple announced their engagement in October 2013, but Sean ended the relationship in April 2014. Rivera then began dating actor Ryan Dorsey, whom she married on July 19, 2014, the original date set for her wedding to Big Sean. Although it was widely speculated that Sean wrote the song about the end of his relationship with Rivera, he denied that the song is about her. In a September 2020 interview, following Rivera's death, he stated he wished he never made the song: "I don't feel comfortable talking about it because I want to respect her. She's made such an impact on people, and she's done so many great things in her life and her career that it was hurtful to even have that

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be associated with her. It wasn't a diss to her. I truly made the song and played it for her. She knew about it, and she liked it. We had a breakup that was very public, and we were young and we forgave each other and moved on from that".

Commercial performance

"I Don't Fuck with You" peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming Big Sean's third highest-charting single on the chart and E-40's second-highest. It also marked Big Sean's seventh and E-40's fifth top 20 single. As of February 2015, the song has sold 1,268,000 copies in the US.

Music video

The official

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, directed by Lawrence Lamont, was released on November 6, 2014. It portrays Big Sean as a

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during a

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game, and E-40 as a commentator. The song's producers,

and

, appear in the video, Kanye West appeared as the head coach of the football team, along with

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, The A'z and internet celebrities Simone Shepherd and Khalil Underwood.

Usage in other media

The song is featured in the films ''

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'', and '' Transformers: The Last Knight''.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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