In the Bible

"In the Bible" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake featuring American rapper Lil Durk and American singer-songwriter Giveon. It was released on September 3, 2021, as the fourth track on Drake's sixth studio album Certified Lover Boy.

"In the Bible"
Song by Drake featuring Lil Durk and Giveon
from the album Certified Lover Boy
Released	September 3, 2021
Length	4:56
Label	Republic OVO
Songwriter(s)	Aubrey Graham Durk Banks Giveon Evans Noah Shebib Leon Thomas III Eliel Afari-Brown Austin Schindler Simon Gebrelul
Producer(s)	40 Thomas Eli Brown Austin Powerz

Background

The track sees Drake put himself below his son, Adonis Graham, to "explain away emotional stuntedness" on the chorus, in which he sings the line: "You don't know love, you don't love me like my child".^[1] He also boasts about his body count and asks a woman for her body count.^[2] Drake delivers an "intriguing" vocal turn throughout the song.^[3] He also raps a verse. Lil Durk received praise for rapping about his girlfriend, India Royale, in his verse, specifically promoting her cosmetics line.

Commercial performance

"In the Bible" debuted at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, earning 41.4 million streams and 489 thousand in airplay audience and selling 800 thousand copies in its first week.^[4] It became one of the nine Top 10 songs on the chart. The song also peaked at number 18 in Canada, and at number nine on the Billboard Global 200 chart.^[5][6][7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for "In the Bible"

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[8]	14
Australia Hip-Hop/R&B Singles (ARIA)[9]	11
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10]	18
Denmark (Tracklisten)[11]	28
France (SNEP)[12]	33
Global 200 (Billboard)[13]	9
Greece International (IFPI)[14]	40
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[15]	29
Italy (FIMI)[16]	86
Lithuania (AGATA)[17]	40
Portugal (AFP)[18]	26
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[19]	71
South Africa (TOSAC)[20]	7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21]	63
UK Audio Streaming (OCC)[22]	8
US Billboard Hot 100[23]	7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[24]	6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "In the Bible"

Chart (2021)	Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[25]	81

Certifications

Certifications for "In the Bible"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[26]	Gold	35,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[27]	Platinum	80,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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3. Jenkins, Craig (September 8, 2021). "Everything Is Exactly the Same". New York. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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