Toosie Slide

Drake's first foray into a dance record, "Toosie Slide," finds him offering direct instructions on how to do the titular moves. It go right foot up, left foot slide Left foot up, right foot slide Basically I'm saying, either way, we 'bout to slide, ayy Can't let this one slide, ayy Critics have described the dance as a 2020 version of DJ Caper's "Cha Cha Slide."

Drake likens his dance skills to those of the legendary Michael Jackson. Don't you wanna dance with me? No? I could dance like Michael Jackson (Jackson) I could give you thug passion (Passion) It's a Thriller in the trap where we from (Where we from) Drake previously namechecked the King of Pop during his verse on 2 Chainz's 2016 track "Big Amount." Michael Jackson talkin' to me in my dreams And he say, "You bad and you know it" Another Drake/Jacko connection is that the Toronto rapper borrowed some 1983 Jackson vocals for his 2018 song "Don't Matter to Me."

Drake named both the song and its accompanying dance after Atlanta social media influencer Toosie. The Toronto MC gave the tune early to Toosie, who came up with some moves to go with it. He teased the tune and dance online on March 29, 2020; it went viral the same day when the Michigan duo Ayo & Teo uploaded a video of them doing the "Toosie Slide." Two days later, Drake took to his social media to declare the song as his, adding he would release it soon. He kept his promise, dropping it on April 3, 2020.