The song samples "Fallin' in Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds and "Do It for the Boy" by Lil Wayne.

It remained his highest charting single as a lead artist (as both Rihanna collaborations "What's My Name?"

In early 2010 it was also nominated for Single of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards, but lost to Michael Bublé's "Haven't Met You Yet".

[3] Drake maintained that he had never met Shine and admitted that he sampled the Lil Wayne song, but called the claim to the credit "distasteful".

[4] In a lawsuit filed on June 24, 2010, Drake was sued for copyright infringement by Playboy Enterprises over allegations that "Best I Ever Had" samples American rock group Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' 1975 hit "Fallin' in Love", a song to which Playboy owns the copyright.

As part of its claim, Playboy also alleged that "each defendant either knew, or should have reasonably known, that the sound recording was protected by copyright".

[5] Drake told MTV News before his show at Manhattan's SOB's that he was in the process of putting together a music video for the song.

"[6] The video, directed by Kanye West, was shot in Brooklyn, New York at Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School.

Their opponents, in green jerseys, come out onto the court and are revealed to be much taller and fitter than Drake's team.

Drake calls a timeout and delivers a rousing pep talk, replete with sexual innuendo, to his team.

The official remix of the song features American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj.

[11] Other artists to add an additional verse after Drake's first hook include Tank, Mase, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, R. Kelly and Wiz Khalifa, Rick Ross, Ace Hood, and Trey Songz.

According to the June 29 edition of The New York Times, these sales earned Drake the number four best selling single, behind only songs from The Black Eyed Peas and Sean Kingston.