Drake Releases Unheard-Era Song "Hate Sleeping Alone" for Take Care's 15th Anniversary
Drake has released a song from the recording sessions for his 2011 album Take Care, marking the album's 15th anniversary. The track is called "Hate Sleeping Alone," and it is now on YouTube and most other streaming services, according to Pitchfork.
The recording sessions are the studio periods when an album is made. Songs recorded during them do not always make the final track list. Drake dug this one out of those original sessions for the anniversary, which falls in 2026, fifteen years after the album first came out.
The song was not entirely hidden before now. Pitchfork reports that it had already circulated online through exclusive digital editions of the album, and that it had been available on Apple Music. Those editions contained material not found on the standard release, so fans who owned them could already hear it.
For most listeners, though, the new route is the simplest. Drake made "Hate Sleeping Alone" available on YouTube and on most other streaming platforms, the apps and websites that play music on demand. The one major exception, according to the same report, is Spotify. Anyone who relies on Spotify will need to look elsewhere to hear the track.
The anniversary release is a reminder of how long a record can keep its audience. Take Care arrived in 2011, and the people who first played it are now fifteen years further on. Releasing a song from its making gives those listeners a reason to go back to the album, and gives newer listeners a way in.
