"Hotline Bling" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake, which serves as the lead single from his fourth studio album Views. While the song itself is only credited as a bonus track to the album it is present on all editions of the album. The song was originally titled "Hotline Bling (Cha Cha Remix)" when it premiered on Beats 1 OVO Sound Radio in July 2015.

Music critics were complimentary about the presentation of Drake's emotional side, as well as its production, but criticized its lyrical content. A music video directed by Director X was released two months later; it subsequently gained popularity on YouTube and spawned several parodies. It was included on several year-end critics' polls.

"Hotline Bling" reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Drake's highest-charting single in the United States (tying with "Best I Ever Had" in 2009), until "One Dance" reached #1 in 2016. "Hotline Bling" also reached number three in Canada and the United Kingdom. The song won the award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Song at the 2016 American Music Awards. It also received two wins at the 2017 Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance.

"Hotline Bling" is a R&B and pop song written by Drake and Nineteen85, the latter of whom also produced the song. The song was composed in D minor with a tempo of 135 beats per minute in common time with a chord progression of Bbmaj7 – Am7. The song was directly inspired by D.R.A.M's "Cha Cha" and was originally seen to be a remix, with the song premiring on Beats 1 OVO Sound Radio as "Hotline Bling (Cha Cha Remix)". The song's instrumental heavily samples R&B singer Timmy Thomas' 1972 song "Why Can't We Live Together".

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