"Rover", also known as "Rover (Mu la la)", is a song by British rapper

S1mba Leonard Simbarashe Rwodzi (born 12 April 1999), known professionally as S1mba, is a Zimbabwean-born British singer-songwriter and rapper. He rose to prominence with his single "Rover" featuring DTG, which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Cha ...

featuring British rapper DTG and produced by UK producer Relyt. The original single was released independently in November 2018 under Rax Productions, which S1mba is signed to. Rax Productions was founded by S1mba and manager Rapheal Adekunle. The song went viral on video-sharing app

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and was then re-released on the Rax Collective and the Parlophone (Warner) label in March 2019. Since then it achieved a UK BPI certified Platinum status with over 600,000 units. The song charted in many countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and Ireland. At the 41st Brit Awards, the song received a nomination for Song of the Year, marking the first nomination for both artists.

Composition

In the song, S1mba claims he prefers making "mu la la" (meaning money) to the love of a girl. The title refers to S1mba's high-end

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car. When girls see him in his car, they are all over him, but his love is "for the p's and pounds". S1mba explained the song portrays how life is, nobody wants to know when you are on the come up, nobody wants to know or take you in. However, as soon as you make it or do well for yourself, (in his case pulling up in a rover) people start to now notice you or show interest. It took a Range Rover for people to want to know more about him, but he is only focused on making more money as the lyrics state. Croydon

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DTG has his own verse, with similar sentiments, as he says "I ain't got time for a honey", but has plenty of "time for this money".

Commercial performance

The song went viral on

for the #mulachallenge that S1mba announced, associated with various dance moves and hand moves. The song climbed up the UK charts, reaching number three on the

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for the week ending 28 May 2019.Official Charts: ROVER - S1MBA FT DTG page
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Composition

Commercial performance

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Weekly charts

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