Started from the Bottom

"Started from the Bottom"
An image of group of people standing on the ground near a billboard at night. The billboard reads "STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM." with each word stacked on top of each other with an drawing of an owl placed on the bottom right of the billboard.
Single by Drake
from the album Nothing Was the Same
ReleasedFebruary 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)[1]
Recorded2012
Genre
Length2:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Drake singles chronology
"Right Here"
(2013)
"Started from the Bottom"
(2013)
"No New Friends"
(2013)
Music video
"Started from the Bottom" on YouTube

"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.[3] 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.[4][5] It features a sample of the ambient piece "Ambessence Piano & Drones 1" by Bruno Sanfilippo.[6] "Started from the Bottom" peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.

  1. ^ "Drake's 'Started from the Bottom' Filled with Fire and Frustration". MTV. Archived from the original on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
  2. ^ Malmuth, Drew (September 24, 2013). "Review: Drake – Nothing Was The Same". Pretty Much Amazing. Archived from the original on April 30, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Drake Releases New Single, 'Started From the Bottom' | Music News". Rolling Stone. 2013-02-02. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  4. ^ "Drake - Started From The Bottom | New Hip Hop Music & All The New Rap Songs 2011". HipHop DX. 2013-02-01. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  5. ^ Alexander Russell (23 August 2013). "Here Are The BET Award Nominees". Complex. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Some weeks ago, the hip hop artist Drake's... - Bruno Sanfilippo". Facebook. March 11, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2013.

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