Who Told You

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"Who Told You"
J Hus - Who Told You.png
Single by J Hus featuring Drake
from the album Beautiful and Brutal Yard
Released8 June 2023 (2023-06-08)
Genre
Length3:28
Label Black Butter
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) P2J
J. Hus singles chronology
"It's Crazy"
(2023)		"Who Told You"
(2023)		"Militerian"
(2023)
Drake singles chronology
"Search & Rescue"
(2023)		"Who Told You"
(2023)		"Oh U Went"
(2023)

"Who Told You" is a song by British rapper J Hus featuring Canadian rapper Drake. It was released on 8 June 2023 as the second single from J Hus's third studio album, Beautiful and Brutal Yard . [5] J Hus and Drake wrote the song with producer P2J, alongside Gaetan Judd and EY. [6] [7] [8]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian called it the "song of the summer" and wrote, "this ode to the joy of dancing shows how masterful each MC is at moving with a beat". Beaumont-Thomas also felt that the "Afrobeats rhythm by producer P2J is nimble and fleet of foot", characterising the song as being "about the very pleasure of dancing, in particular dancing close to someone hot". [3] Eric Brain of Hypebeast felt that the "track pulls heavily from J Hus' afroswing sounds, something the Stratford, London-born-and-bred rapper has pioneered". [1] Tomás Mier also described the track as a "sweet summery Afroswing bop". [2]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number two in the UK Singles Chart on 16 June 2023, becoming J Hus's highest-charting single to date. It was kept off the top spot by Dave and Central Cee's "Sprinter". [9] However it reached number one on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Who Told You"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [10] 67
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] 27
Denmark (Tracklisten) [12] 28
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [13] 38
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 17
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [16] 3
Norway (VG-lista) [17] 22
Portugal (AFP) [18] 95
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 32
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 17
UK Singles (OCC) [21] 2
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [22] 2
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [23] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [24] 35

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Who Told You"
Chart (2023)Position
UK Singles (OCC) [25] 62

Certifications

Certifications for "Who Told You"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [26] Gold10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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