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== Appearances in other media ==
== Appearances in other media ==
*The song appears in ''[[Broad City]]'' episode "[[Apartment Hunters]]"
*The song appears in ''[[Broad City]]'' episode "Apartment Hunters"
*The song appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]".
*The song appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]".


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"Started from the Bottom"
Song

"Started from the Bottom" is a song by Canadian hip hop recording artist Drake, released as the first single from his third studio album Nothing Was the Same.[1] The song was written by Drake, Michael Coleman, and Noah "40" Shebib, and it was produced by Coleman under his stage name Mike Zombie, with additional production by Shebib.[2][3] It features a sample of the ambient piece "Ambessence Piano & Drones 1" by Bruno Sanfilippo and Mathias Grassow.[4] "Started from the Bottom" has charted in many countries, reaching a peak of number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

"Started from the Bottom" was originally planned to be released on February 10, 2013, coinciding with the Grammy Awards.[5] However, it was instead premiered on February 1 through Drake's "October's Very Own" blog, as he preferred to release it without prior interviews.[6] The song was officially released on iTunes on February 6, 2013.[7] At the 55th Grammy Awards, Drake teased that an official remix would be released.[8]

Music and lyrics

Lyrically, "Started from the Bottom" addresses Drake's early life and career beginnings. He commented of its concept, "I feel sometimes that people don't have enough information about my beginnings and therefore they make up a life story for me that isn't consistent with actual events. I did not buy my way into this spot and it was the furthest thing from easy to achieve. I am proud of every part of my past and I'm excited for this song to find a place in your life as well." The song makes use of instrumentation from drums and a piano; MTV describes it as "departure" from his earlier works.[9]

Music video

On January 4, 2013, Drake was seen filming the music video for the song which was being directed by Director X.[10] The music video was released on February 10, 2013. The video features an all-white dressed Drake standing in the back of a white Bentley convertible, during a blizzard. In other scenes, he works retail in a Shoppers Drug Mart drugstore, flies a plane into his native Toronto and dances around in a club. Drake's mother, Sandi, and producers Boi-1da and Noah "40" Shebib also have cameos in the video. At the end it displays Drake and his friends partying at a villa in the Dominican Republic.[11]

Remixes

Shortly after the song's debut Wiz Khalifa was the first to release a remix to the song.[12] Since then artists such as, Machine Gun Kelly, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, Ace Hood, Meek Mill, Chris Brown, Papoose, Wyclef Jean, Riff Raff, Arcangel & De la Ghetto, Misha B, and Karmin[13] have released their own remixes or freestyles to the song.[14][15][16] On February 15, 2013 Mike Posner, Asher Roth, T. Mills, Chuck Inglish and King Chip released a music video for their remix of the song.[17] On October 12, 2013, DJ Felli Fel released a remix supporting the Los Angeles Dodgers 2013 playoff run, featuring Ice Cube, Tyga and Ty Dolla Sign.[18] Shortly after an extended version also featuring, Warren G, Problem and Chino XL was released.[19]

At the 55th Grammy Awards, Drake suggested that an official remix could be released.[8] He begun work on it with Rick Ross and DJ Khaled but the recording session resulted in the first single off Khaled's next album, "No New Friends".[20]

Critical reception

Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song a positive review stating:

Backdropped by a haunting piano loop and tinned snare, the production falls in line with what we've come to expect from a brooding Drake track. "Started from the bottom now we're here," he reflects. "Started from the bottom now my whole team fucking here." The ascent to stardom has clearly been the smoothest of paths, but we hope there's a little more depth to the remainder of his new material to keep him up there with the best. .[21]

On December 2, 2013, Complex named "Started From the Bottom" the second best song released in 2013. David Drake of Complex said, "Musically, "Started From the Bottom" is Drake at his most irrepressibly memorable. Stripped down to a simple piano line and a crisp, unforgettable drum pattern, the song's simplicity gave it a singular fingerprint. It epitomizes the new, clean, minimal direction Drake took throughout Nothing Was The Same, while sounding like no other song on it. It is wistful, atmospheric, as catchy as a nursery rhyme. Lyrically, the song is packed with hooks, each line a mantra of burgeoning confidence, hard-earned."[22] Rolling Stone then ranked the song at number nine on their list of the 100 Best Songs of 2013.[23] XXL named it one of the top five hip hop songs of 2013.[24]

Commercial performance

The track entered the UK Singles Chart at number 71 on February 10, 2013. The following week it rose forty-six positions to number 25 - becoming only Drake's third top 40 entry as a solo artist in the UK. The song has reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and is Drake's eleventh top 10 hit on the chart.[25][26] The song sold over 2 million digital copies in the US by January 2014.[27]


Chart (1996) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[35] 28 Canada (RPM Alternative 30)[36] 12 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[37] 50 US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[38] 31 US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[38] 26 Chart (2012) Peak position France (SNEP)[39] 154 Other cover versions[edit] Jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith released an instrumental cover version on his 2009 album Rise Up! and has performed it live as a regular part of his set ever since. Macedonian darkwave band Mizar recorded an Orthodox folk cover version in Macedonian for their second album Svjat Dreams. An early version from 1989 appears on the compilation Svedozhba. Diesel Disko, a well known Dutch band, covered the song in an Electropop way. It was their debut single and videoclip. Soul Rebels Brass Band covered the song on their Rounder Records debut record, Unlock Your Mind, released on 31 January 2012, and they performed the song on Later with Jools Holland in 2011.[40] Italian-based Croatian singer Sharon C. covered the song for her same-titled debut single released in 1997, and since then it has been featured on many compilations including Dancemania 8.[41] Polish band Moonlight covered the song for their 1999 EP Flos. French electroclash duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker covered the song for their 1999 EP Intimités.[42] Actress Maria Bello performed the song in the movie Duets (2000), which is included on the soundtrack. "Sweet Dreams" was partially covered by Geri Halliwell as a medley with her song, "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" in late 2004. Finnish a cappella group Club for Five recorded a cover of the song.[43] Brazilian singer Badi Assad covered the song for her 2006 album Wonderland. Brazilian singer Danni Carlos covered the song for her 2006 album Rock ´n´ Road Movies. German singer Thomas Anders (formerly of Modern Talking) recorded a jazzy, lounge music cover of the song for his 2006 solo album Songs Forever. Australian girlgroup Girlband recorded a cover of the song for their unreleased debut album. Tanghetto, the neo-tango band based in Buenos Aires recorded and released the song as part of their El Miedo a la Libertad album in 2008. Their cover is an instrumental version, where the bandoneon takes the "role" of the lead voice. American Christian rock singer Krystal Meyers covered the song on the 2008 Japanese release of her third album Make Some Noise. Ukrainian pop/rock band Lama covered the song as "Світ мрій" ("World of Dreams") for their 2008 album Світло і Тінь (Light and Shadow). German artist Señor Coconut covered the entire song as "Sweet Dreams" for his "Around the World" cover album as a Cha-Cha in 2008.[44] The German Underground rapper Frauenarzt covered the sample of this song as "Feuchte Träume" on Feuchte Träume (Gastparts 3) in 2008. The melody was featured in the U96 featuring Das Bo single "Mr. DJ, Put on the Red Light" and was sung by Tryna Loules, who released it in 2006.[45] Sylvie Vartan covered it in French (1983) under the title "Déprime", famous for its deep rhymes. In a 2002 episode of The Simpsons, "Half-Decent Proposal", at the end of the episode, Artie Ziff (Jon Lovitz) begins to sing the song through a speaker, culminating with the lyrics "I am watching you through a camera!" Doctor Steel covered the chorus of "Sweet Dreams" in the end of his song "Lullaby Bye". French singer Emily Loizeau covered jazz version of "Sweet Dreams" on her album Pays Sauvage (Track 15). The German/Greek a cappella band Five Live covered "Sweet Dreams" on their album Five Live live (track 4).[46] Delta Goodrem covered "Sweet Dreams" on her 2008 Believe Again Tour. The cover was later released on the CD/DVD release of the tour. Tori Amos covered the song live in Boston, Massachusetts while on her Original Sinsuality Tour in 2005.[47] The German pop-singer Judith Hildebrandt performed the song live on 23 April 2009 in the Ultimative Chart-Show.[48] Japanese musician Tomoyasu Hotei covered it on his 2009 cover album Modern Times Rock'N'Roll. Allison Crowe recorded a stripped-down acoustic version of "Sweet Dreams" for a Hollywood movie project in mid-2010 Korean girl group Girls' Generation covered this song on a music TV show in 2010. Actress Emily Browning made a slow version cover of this song for her movie Sucker Punch, accompanying a scene of Browning's character being taken to an institution and on the film's soundtrack. Singer Kitty Brucknell covered the song on the 4th live show in the eighth series of the UK X Factor. British singer Leona Lewis covered the song in her tour The Labyrinth. Danish group WhoMadeWho released a cover version of the song in 2012. The singer of the Belgium band Triggerfinger Ruben Block covered the song for the Dutch television show De Wereld Draait Door in 2011. Country singer Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson performed the song as the opening number of their 2 Worlds 2 Voices Tour mashed up with Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams". British group The Mend recorded a cover of the song.[49] Singer-songwriter Tracy Bonham will release a cover version of the song on the 2014 multi-artist compilation album Here Comes The Reign Again: The Second British Invasion.[50] Remixes and sampling[edit] American pop singer Britney Spears used a sample of the song on the song "Everybody" which appeared as an iTunes and Japan bonus track of her 2007 album Blackout. The song was produced by JR Rotem, and was used later as a B-side of her single "Break the Ice". Spears also used Marilyn Manson's version of the song in an interlude for The Circus Starring Britney Spears world tour. The American rapper Swing (later on known as Swingfly) released a europop version of the song featuring Dr Alban. It included additional rap verses but sampling greatly on the original song. The single had chart success in Sweden and in many European clubs. Rapper Nas uses an interpolation of the chorus from "Sweet Dreams" in his 1996 hit "Street Dreams". Pink and Redman used "Sweet Dreams" in a remix of Pink's 2001 hit, "Get the Party Started". Tricky used a sample in the track "You don't wanna" in the 2001 album Blowback. A eurodance remix of the song, "Sweet Dreams X-Clusive", was recorded for the 2001 compilation Dancemania Speed 7. Portions of the single was used in the remixes for the American eurodance duo La Bouche's unrelated single "Sweet Dreams". Faith Evans sampled the song for the remix of her single "You Gets No Love" featuring original collaborator P. Diddy and rapper G. Dep. Stefy's song "Chelsea" features a sample of "Sweet Dreams" and was featured in the soundtrack for the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die. Drum and bass group Noisia recorded a remix of the song. Petey Pablo samples "Sweet Dreams" in his song "Get Me Out of Jail". UK artist M.I.A. mashed "Sweet Dreams" with Pretty Tony's "Fix It in the Mix" and her own "10 Dollar" to produce the seventeenth track off Diplo and her Piracy Funds Terrorism mixtape. Play-N-Skillz sampled and sped up the famous riff in their song "Get Freaky", featuring Pitbull. Rapper Busta Rhymes uses as similar riff in his 2009 single "World Go Round" featuring Estelle. Freestyle singer Rockell sampled the bassline and intro in her 1997 single "I Fell in Love". British electropop group Sohodolls sampled the songs on their song "Trash the Rental" taken from their album Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation. Escape The Fate sampled the intro effect from the Marilyn Manson version, for their song "Lost in Darkness". The Black Eyed Peas used this song to mix it with their song "My Humps". Avicii sampled the song in his mix titled "Swede Dreams". Beyoncé Knowles used fragments of the song when singing "Sweet Dreams" in Glastonbury. Rapper Ludacris had mixed it with his song "Stand Up" in a faster tone with the music from the song in the background. Swedish House Mafia have performed and used a remix of this song in their Until One Documentary. Panamanian Spanish reggae singer Aldo Ranks uses an interpolation of this song in his song "Asesina". Paris Is Burning, from a sequence filmed in 1986, features this song during a live performance where Paris does a routine using the magazine Elle as a prop.

Appearances in other media

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Award Result
2013 BET Hip Hop Awards "Track of the Year"[28] Won
2014 Grammy Awards (56th)[29] Best Rap Performance Nominated
Best Rap Song Nominated

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Started from the Bottom"2:53

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[47] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[48] Platinum 80,000*
United States (RIAA)[49] 2× Platinum 2,000,000[27]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States February 6, 2013[50] Digital download Cash Money Records
February 12, 2013[51] Urban radio
April 9, 2013[52] Mainstream radio

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