The track had been on Apple Music for a while but was missing from the Spotify deluxe edition of the album.
Complex reported that Drake has added Hate Sleeping Alone, a bonus track from his 2011 album Take Care, to the album's deluxe edition on Spotify, while Pitchfork said it was not available on Spotify. The song had been on Apple Music for a while but was missing from the Spotify release.
The track first came out exclusively as a bonus on the digital edition of Take Care, alongside the Lil Wayne-assisted The Motto. Billboard says Noah Shebib produced it, and Trey Songz provided background vocals. Pitchfork says the song has long circulated online through those exclusive digital editions.
HotNewHipHop dates the Spotify release to November 13, and Billboard says the track was made available on all streaming platforms, "with an emphasis on YouTube and Spotify." Pitchfork's story said the song could be heard on YouTube and most other platforms, "except Spotify, for reasons unclear."
Billboard describes Drake switching between rapping and singing over the song's moody production, lamenting having to sleep alone. The chorus gets to the point:
"'Cause I hate sleepin' alone, I hate sleepin' alone."
Drake also recently sang along to the Take Care title track, which featured Rihanna and went top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, during a Kick livestream. He told fans he would probably never perform the song again. "This the only performance you're getting of this song probably, but s–t, welcome to Trainwreckstv, baby," he said to the chat.
Billboard says fans were noticeably hyped, judging by the comments on YouTube. "This song is the only reason I've been using Apple Music for the past five years," one fan wrote, while another added, "Let's go, this finally released on Spotify."
The release comes in a busy year for Drake. He put out three albums in May, Iceman, Maid of Honour and Habibti, and Pitchfork says the visuals for all three were collected as a short film, FOMO. Complex says he has since updated Habibti with a deluxe edition of four new songs, all of which appeared in FOMO.
Take Care came out on Nov. 15, 2011.
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