FOLA’s “miss u ii (nriri)” has been out since October 8, when it arrived on his album 9. From its first full week it led Nigeria’s official singles chart while radio trailed behind. On the Official Radio Songs chart for the tracking week of October 23 to 29, radio caught up: the song jumped from No. 5 to No. 1.
It drew 71.4 million in radio reach that week, up from 48.6 million the week before, in its fourth week on the radio chart. The chart’s own count makes it FOLA’s third radio No. 1, after “B4 B4” with Davido and Mayorkun and “it’s over” with Bella Shmurda and Zlatan. It is the first of the three that he sings alone.
The climb also ended a long reign. Kizz Daniel’s “Owo Oluwa” with Young Jonn, Krizbeatz and Wave Choir had spent five weeks at No. 1 and slips to No. 2. Mr Eazi and Moliy’s “Comfort” holds No. 3, Olamide’s “Burukutu” enters at No. 4 and Rema’s “Oh No” is No. 5. FOLA has a second song in the top 10 too: “2am in toronto” with Davido rises from No. 13 to No. 10.
In the same tracking week, “miss u ii (nriri)” spent a third straight week at No. 1 on the Official Nigeria Top 100, with 2.09 million on-demand streams (No. 2 on streaming). That recap calls it FOLA’s longest-running No. 1 single as a lead artist.
It is an easy song to put on air. The official lyric video opens on the plea in its title, “I miss you bad,” and gets to the jokes inside half a minute: “E dey give me migraine,” then “Like Jollof I go need ya plate.” The drums stay light, the melody carries the weight, and the energy barely dips across the Apple Music preview.
FOLA wrote it, under his name Afolarin Odunlami, with Oluwole Ebenezer and Sanyaolu Boluwatife Toluwalase. SBthaproducer produced, recorded and mixed it, and Mike Seaberg mastered it. Since the Top 100 recap went up on November 3, FOLA has been pushing other songs from 9, posting the “2am in toronto” film with Davido on November 4 and “Now Playing: hold u down” on November 6.
As of November 9, October 23 to 29 is still the latest published week on the radio chart, so the next update will show whether the song holds the top spot.
Listen on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/ng/album/miss-u-ii-nriri/6810267024?i=6810267047
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/61gqqjEpcuuPgZBnONp8vb