God's Plan (song)

2018 single by Drake

"God's Plan" is a song recorded by Canadian musician Drake. It was the first single from his EP, Scary Hours (2018) and from his album, Scorpion (2018). The song entered at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It stayed there for 11 weeks and became his fourth number-one hit. He later broke a record when his song "Nice for What" also entered at the top, making Drake the only artist to replace their number-one entry with another number-one entry.

"God's Plan"
Song by Drake
from the album Scary Hours and Scorpion
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2018 (2018-01-19)
GenreTrap
Length3:18
Label
  • OVO Sound
  • Young Money
  • Republic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Young Exclusive
  • Cardo
  • Boi-1da
Drake singles chronology
"No Frauds"
(2017)
"God's Plan"
(2018)
"Diplomatic Immunity"
(2018)
Music video
"God's Plan" on YouTube

The song finished as the number-one song of 2018 in the United States. It is only the third song that entered at number one and was at the top of the year-end charts in the US, after "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John and "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.[source?]

Music video

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The music video began with the titles, "The budget for this video was $996,631.90. We gave it all away. Don't tell the label…"

The money was given to various people, including some fans. As of May 2018, the video has received over 581 million YouTube views.

Charts

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  1. Credits taken from Tidal.

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