"Too Good" is a song by Canadian rapper

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, featuring Barbadian singer

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, released in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2016, as the fourth single from his fourth studio album '' Views'' (2016), before later being serviced to US

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on July 26, 2016, as the fifth and final single from the album. It samples the

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song "Love Yuh Bad" performed by

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The song was co-written by Drake and Rihanna alongside Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland, Atom Martin, and the track's producers

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, Maneesh Bidaye, and Dwayne Chin-Quee. "Too Good" was a commercial success, reaching number 9 in Canada, number 3 in the UK, and number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Following "

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" and " Controlla", "Too Good" was the third dancehall single to be released from ''Views''.

Composition

"Too Good" is written in the key of G Lydian and has a

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of 118 beats per minute. The vocals in the song span from A₃ to D₅ with the song moving in

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Production

"Too Good" came into fruition after both Drake and Rihanna recorded her 2016 single "Work", Drake recalled stating "I was like, I think I have one that would follow this one up really nicely. She got in the studio and just bodied it. It was like a flawless victory when she sent it back ... We have a genuine energy between us." "Too Good" was written by Drake, Paul Jefferies,

, Maneesh Bidaye, Diego Sanchez, Dwayne Chin-Quee, Andrew Hershey, Andre Sutherland, Atom Martin and Terence Lam, and produced by Nineteen85 and Supa Dups. In addition to Drake's lead vocals, the track features a guest appearance from

and contains vocal and lyrical samples of "Love Yuh Bad" performed by

. It is the fourth collaboration between Drake and Rihanna after " What's My Name?", "

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Critical reception

Matthew Ramirez of

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named the song "The Best New Track" of the day and "Too Good" a highlight from ''Views''. Ramirez stated, ""Too Good" is a vestige of the same creative juices that flowed through "

"s Caribbean-inspired polyrhythm. (A similar influence is all over ''Views''.) Drake clumsily interprets a

song that

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) ends up sampling anyway, but give him some credit for embracing his fake patois. This is one of a few songs on Views that benefits from his unabashed shamelessness in the same way that texting someone at 4 a.m. and claiming you did it on accident is shameless. ("I wanna benefit from the friendship/I wanna get the late night message" is the Drake-iest moment here.) People always feel unappreciated and overworked in their relationships, and here Drake and Rihanna nail that dynamic as only they can—mixing blunt neediness with lust." Ed Masley of

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said it revisited "the Caribbean dancehall rhythms" of Rihanna's “Work", and going on to note that Drake "and his greatest female duet partner trade off verses in a richly detailed he-said/she-said portrait of what may be going through the other person's head while you're busy convincing yourself that you're the only person putting any effort into this relationship." ''

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'' ranked "Too Good" at number 32 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list: “Drake hit the jackpot with the dancehall sound of "One Dance," but the addition of Caribbean queen Rihanna on this dueling duet takes his island vibe to the next level. Don't be fooled by the Views track's sunny beat, though: These two should really break up, if they know what's good for them.”

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References

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