Favorite Song (Chance the Rapper song)

"Favorite Song"
Song by Chance the Rapper featuring Childish Gambino
from the album Acid Rap
ReleasedApril 30, 2013
Length3:05
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chance the Rapper
  • Fox

"Favorite Song" is a song by American rapper Chance the Rapper from his second mixtape Acid Rap (2013). It features American rapper Childish Gambino and was produced by Chance himself and Nate Fox.

Composition

The song contains a sample of "Clean Up Woman" by Betty Wright,[1][2] described as "tropical guitar samples".[3] Fred Thomas of AllMusic described the instrumental as "happily melodic".[2]

The second verse of the song uses a staccato rhythm and internal rhyme scheme that is also used in the song "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from Gilbert and Sullivan's 1879 opera The Pirates of Penzance and the poem Song of Eärendil from The Lord of the Rings series. This was noted by Stephen Colbert in a video of Rolling Stone's "Song Breakdown" series.[4]

Critical reception

In a review of Acid Rap, Maya Kalev of Fact praised the humor in the song, also describing Chance the Rapper as "good to a fault, putting his guests to shame" and that "Childish Gambino brings exactly nothing to the table".[5]

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales[6] 20
US Rap Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] 14

References

  1. ^ Lamarre, Carl (May 10, 2020). "The 10 Best Samples of Betty Wright Songs: Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Chance the Rapper & More". Billboard.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Fred (April 30, 2013). "Acid Rap - Chance the Rapper". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Kivel, Adam (May 8, 2013). "Album Review: Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "Stephen Colbert Connects Chance the Rapper with "Lord of the Rings"". YouTube. August 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Kalev, Maya (May 14, 2013). "Acid Rap". Fact. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016.
  6. ^ "Chance the Rapper: R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Chance the Rapper: Rap Digital Song Sales". Billboard.