Positive public reception to the song prompted its release as a single on June 28 to urban contemporary radio and as a digital download.

Several artists, including Chris Brown, JoJo, Lil Wayne, Sammie, and Teyana Taylor released their own freestyle and remix versions of the song.

Allegedly recorded in a studio of the same name once owned by American musician Marvin Gaye,[2] "Marvins Room" is anchored by producer 40's trademark muted bass, a trend that manifests, in the words of Jayson Greene of Pitchfork Media, "like the fumes from music that's already evaporated a wisp of keyboard – a single watery thud of bass drum.

[4] The song's lyrics consist of Drake's late-night drunken pleas to a former girlfriend over the phone while in a nightclub, a phenomenon referred to by critics as "drunk dialing".

[7] The video begins with a phone call of a woman talking about her nights partying, subsequently switching to a shot of Drake seated in a bar lounge.

[6] In February 2012, singer Ericka Lee sued Drake, alleging that she had performed the feminine vocals on "Marvins Room" and that she was owed songwriting credits and royalties.

[8] Claiming to have previously been in a relationship with Drake, Lee stated that she had been promised four to five percent of publishing royalties, along with an extra 50,000 dollars in "hush money.

"[9] Drake's legal team denied any wrongdoing and countered that Lee had not requested any monetary compensation, but merely a credit in the liner notes of Take Care under the pseudonym "Syren Lyric Muse".

McCall stated that Drake used his melody for the song "Marvins Room", and Tank used the same one for his 2016 single "#BDAY" featuring Siya, Sage The Gemini, and Chris Brown.

[13] A remix of "Marvins Room" performed by R&B singer Chris Brown, which features J. Valentine, Dawn Richard, SeVen and Kevin McCall, was included on his 2011 mixtape Boy in Detention.

[19] Marvins Room was reimagined in the genre of nu jazz by multi-platinum record producer Jonathan Hay and TV personality Solo Lucci from Love and Hip-Hop.

"[22] Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene also praised "Marvins Room", writing that the song "carr[ies] a muted, creeping unease no one else in hip-hop is currently quite equipped to provide" and describing it as "a shrewd reminder of what sets [Drake] apart.

[30] The single was eventually certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over three million digital copies in the United States.