"Stay Alive (Interlude)" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Stay Alive". "Who Tells Your Story" features samples from the Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) recording "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story". "My Shot (Rise Up Remix)" contains elements of "Shook Ones Pt. II" written by Albert Johnson and Kejuan Waliek Muchita and "Going Back to Cali" written by Osteen Harvey, Jr., Roger Troutman and Christopher Wallace. "Cabinet Battle 3 (Demo)" contains an interpolation of "Hail Mary" written by Tupac Shakur, Rufus Cooper III, Katari Cox, Yafeu Fula, Joseph Paquette, Bruce Washington, Jr. and Tyrone Wrice. Public announcements In a tweet posted about a month before the Mixtape's release, Lin-Manuel Miranda implied that the album released on December 2 would only be the first volume, hinting at a Vol 2 to be released later. However, about a year later, Miranda admitted he was having trouble compiling a second album that satisfied him as much as the first mixtape, and cancelled the second volume, announcing that instead he would be releasing 13 tracks, once a month, over the following year. He referred to these releases as "Hamildrops." Ben Franklin's Song On December 14, 2017, the same day as announcing the Hamildrops, Miranda announced that the first release would be "Ben Franklin's Song" by The Decemberists. The song's lyrics are taken from lyrics to an unused Hamilton song that Miranda had written with the band in mind. The finished track had lyrics written by Miranda and music written by Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy. The song was released the following day, and was received warmly by fans and historians alike. "Ben Franklin's Song" peaked at number 15 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart. The Hamilton Polka On March 2, 2018, (referred to as "February 30" by Miranda), a polka medley of songs from the musical recorded and arranged by "Weird Al" Yankovic was released. "The Hamilton Polka" peaked at number 1 on the US Comedy Digital Track Sales. Found/Tonight On March 19, 2018, Miranda released a mashup of the songs "Story of Tonight" from Hamilton and "You Will Be Found" from the musical Dear Evan Hansen, sung as a duet with Ben Platt. A portion of the proceeds are being donated in support of the March for Our Lives initiative. The following weekend, Miranda and Platt performed the song together along with frequent Miranda collaborator Alex Lacamoire