“B4 B4” has been out since July 31, when Davido put it on Oriadé with FOLA and Mayorkun. As of 15:41 WAT on November 9, it is No. 5 on Apple Music’s Top Songs chart in Nigeria, behind Seyi Vibez’s “Back 2 U” and ahead of BNXN’s “Eja Meja (feat. Asake).” BNXN’s “If You Like” is No. 1.
It was No. 5 on the morning of November 6 as well, the last time we read the chart for this song. Oriadé itself found its way back into Apple Music Nigeria’s top 10 albums in October.
The run behind it is long. “B4 B4” spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Official Nigeria Top 100, one of two chart-toppers from Oriadé along with “I Know Who I Be.” On the latest edition of that chart, for the tracking week of October 23 to 29, it is back up to No. 7 from No. 8. The same week, it led the YouTube songs list for Nigeria with 462K, ahead of Victony’s “SLICK.” A week later, for October 30 to November 5, TurnTable’s YouTube songs list for Nigeria has it at No. 2 with 436K, behind “INFERNO” at 785K.
It is holding up on other services too. On Spotify’s daily chart in Nigeria for November 7, “B4 B4” was No. 6 with 188,826 streams, its 101st day on that chart.
For a three-way record, it keeps its build simple. In the Apple Music preview, the beat holds a steady mid-tempo bounce with a bright top end, the drums and the melody sit at about equal weight, and the energy never really dips. There is no long intro; the preview opens straight on the groove. All three singers are credited as writers.
Fresh VDM produced it. Fresh VDM is also one of four co-producers on “INFERNO”, the song above it on TurnTable’s YouTube list for Nigeria. Leandro Hidalgo mixed it with Javier Ruben De Vries and Aidan Duncan assisting, and Colin Leonard mastered it. Davido and Asa Asika are listed as executive producers.
FOLA has been the busier of the three on these charts lately. His own “miss u ii (nriri)” is No. 1 on the latest Official Nigeria Top 100, and “B4 B4” is one of the three songs that have taken him to No. 1 on the Nigerian radio chart.
Listen on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ng/album/b4-b4/6784220944?i=6784221149
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/37BTNKEaW6aUvsKH3O2UUt