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Die for You (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Die for You
| cover = The Weeknd - Die for You.png
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| type = single
| artist = the Weeknd
| album = Starboy
| released =
| recorded = 2016
| studio = *Conway, Westlake Beverly (Los Angeles, California)
*Matza Ball Studio (New York, New York)
*The Treehouse X (Suffolk, United Kingdom)
| venue =
| genre = *R&B
*synth-pop
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| writer =
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| prev_title = A Lie
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = Secrets
| next_year = 2017
| misc =
}}
"'Die for You'" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his third studio album 'Starboy' (2016). The song was written by the Weeknd, Doc McKinney, Prince 85, Dylan Wiggins, Magnus Hiberg and William Thomas Walsh, and produced by the singer-songwriter alongside McKinney, Cirkut, Cashmere Cat and Prince 85. It was one of the tracks of 'Starboy' to be featured in the short film 'Mania'. It received early airplay from urban and urban AC radio in August 2017, and was sent rhythmic contemporary radio on September 19 as the album's fifth single in the United States. The song was also scheduled to be sent to US contemporary hit radio on December 5, however its release to the format in the country was cancelled for unknown reasons. However, it later impacted the radio format in 2022 after its steady resurgence online, with the song additionally re-charting on the Billboard Hot 100 nearly six years after its original peak of 43.
Background and release
In an interview on Beats 1 Radio with Zane Lowe, the Weeknd revealed that the song was finished a week before 'Starboy'
The song was later serviced to rhythmic radio on September 19, 2017, in the US as the sixth overall single from 'Starboy'. Following its release as a single in North America, the song charted modestly across various 'Billboard' component charts and became a moderate Canadian hit. "Die for You" would later then be included on the track list of the Weeknd's second greatest hits album, 'The Highlights', which was released on February 5, 2021.
After a resurgence in popularity thanks to TikTok in September 2021, its official music video was released on November 25, 2021, along with a standalone digital release on Apple Music with its own artwork. The song would later go on to begin receiving contemporary hit radio airplay in early August 2022 despite its cancelled release to the format in late 2017.
Music and composition
"Die for You" is an R&B track. It was written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 67 beats per minute.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Die for You" peaked at number 43 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and charted for three weeks during its original run. Additionally, the song reached number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 35 on the Canadian Hot 100 and charted for 20 weeks.
In late 2021 and throughout 2022, "Die for You" saw an increase in consumption as the song went viral on the social media platform TikTok alongside fellow album track "Stargirl Interlude". This increase in streaming and sales lead to the song's parent album to re-enter the top 40 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also lead to the song entering the top 40 of multiple single charts across Asia and Oceania, with the song additionally reaching number 54 on the 'Billboard' Global 200 chart and re-entering the 'Billboard' Hot 100.
Use in media
"Die for You" was featured in the second season of the HBO comedy-drama television series 'Insecure'. Due to its appearance in the show, the song lead the THR's Top TV Songs Chart in August 2017.
Remix
On October 4, 2021, an unreleased remix of "Die for You" featuring singer-songwriter SZA premiered on the eighteenth episode of the Weeknd's Apple Music 1 radio show 'Memento Mori', following a streaming surge the song received in September of that year.
Music video
On November 25, 2021, to celebrate the five-year anniversary of 'Starboy'
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
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References
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