"Passionfruit" is a song by Canadian rapper and singer
Drake
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from his playlist mixtape ''
More Life
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'' (2017). The song was written by Drake along with producer Wheezy, and has additional vocals from
Zoë Kravitz
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. "Passionfruit" was released on March 28, 2017, as the second single released from ''More Life'' after "
Fake Love". It has been covered by
Paramore,
Mabel,
Benny Sings
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,
Yaeji
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,
Cornelius,
John Mayer, and
Ben Tankard
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Biography
Tankard's father was a minister and his mother a missionary. In church, he played drums at an early age. He played tuba in school ...
.
Composition
"Passionfruit" has been characterized as
tropical house,
R&B,
pop, and
dancehall. It is performed in the key of
G minor
G minor is a minor scale based on G, consisting of the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Its key signature has two flats. Its relative major is B-flat major and its parallel major is G major.
According to Paolo Pietropaolo, it is the con ...
in
common time
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with a
tempo
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of 112 beats per minute. Drake's vocals span from F
2 to G
3.
Commercial performance
"Passionfruit" entered the top ten of the charts in Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand,
the United Kingdom,
and the United States.
The song debuted at number 8 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the issue dated April 8, 2017. This was the last song of the 431 weeks simultaneously on the chart for Drake. This record never broke after "Passionfruit" dropped off the chart. In Drake's native Canada, it debuted at number 2 on the
Canadian Hot 100 behind
Ed Sheeran
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's "
Shape of You
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".
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2017 singles
2017 songs
Cash Money Records singles
Drake (musician) songs
Songs written by Drake (musician)
Young Money Entertainment singles
OVO Sound singles
Dancehall songs
Reggae fusion songs
Tropical house songs