For 15 years, Spotify users who wanted “Hate Sleeping Alone” had to go somewhere else to hear it. That changed on November 13, 2026, when Drake quietly put the Take Care bonus track on Spotify and YouTube, just two days before the album’s anniversary.
Until now, the song lived on Apple Music while staying off Spotify, an odd gap for a track tied to one of the most recognized records in Drake’s catalog. Fans who grew up with the deluxe version finally have it sitting in the same place as the rest of their playlists.
The song is pure 2011 Drake. Noah “40” Shebib handles production, Trey Songz adds background vocals, and Drake drifts between singing and rapping while working through loneliness and the push and pull of relationships.
The Trey Songz credit carries some history. The two had already connected on “Successful” from Drake’s 2009 mixtape So Far Gone, so hearing them together again on a deep cut feels like a callback to the era before Drake became the biggest name in rap.
Hate Sleeping Alone” first arrived as a digital bonus track alongside “The Motto,” the Lil Wayne collaboration that turned “YOLO” into a phrase everyone was saying for a while.
Those two songs couldn’t sound further apart. One was built for the club, the other for staring at your phone at 3 a.m.
That contrast is a big part of why longtime listeners have held onto “Hate Sleeping Alone.” It never had the radio push of the album’s singles, but it fits the late night, emotionally tangled mood that made Take Care stick.
The bigger picture here is the anniversary itself. Take Care came out on November 15, 2011, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and went on to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album.
The record helped lock in Drake’s place across both hip-hop and R&B. Songs like “Marvins Room,” “Headlines,” and the Rihanna-assisted title track still pull in listeners more than a decade later, and 40’s moody, underwater production shaped how a whole wave of artists approached their sound.
There’s a practical streaming angle too. Bonus tracks and region-specific extras often end up scattered across platforms, leaving fans with incomplete versions of albums they love depending on which app they pay for.
Putting “Hate Sleeping Alone” on Spotify and YouTube fixes one of those holes in time for the 15th anniversary.
It also gives younger listeners who discovered Drake well after 2011 a simple way to hear a piece of Take Care that never got pushed to the front.
Anniversary celebrations around the album are still rolling. Fans are already wondering what else from that era might surface before November 15 hits.
