Unavailable is the second single from Davido's fourth studio album Timeless, released April 11, 2023 under DMW, Columbia Records and Sony Music. It features South African singer Musa Keys and runs 3 minutes 3 seconds. Production was handled by Rage and Magicsticks — with Magicsticks bringing the Amapiano-influenced foundation that gives the song its distinctive groove. The song was co-written by Logos Olori, Davido's own DMW signee, alongside Musa Keys and Tobechukwu Okolie.
The record became the most streamed Afrobeats song on Spotify globally for the entire year of 2023. It debuted at number one on the Official UK Afrobeats Singles Chart — Davido's first number one there — and entered the main UK Singles Chart at number 60, his first solo UK chart entry. The Timeless album reached number one in 43 countries on Apple Music and debuted at number 37 on the US Billboard 200. On April 4, 2023, Davido performed Unavailable on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside several drummers and The Compozers — one of the most memorable late night television performances by a Nigerian artist that year.
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Logos Olori – YawaThe Musa Keys feature was a deliberate move. The South African Amapiano wave had been building through 2022 and 2023 and Davido tapping into it with an artist from that scene rather than just using Amapiano production without the cultural connection gave Unavailable a legitimacy it might not have had otherwise. The collaboration felt genuine because it was. Rating: 9/10.
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