Die for You (The Weeknd song)

"Die for You"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Starboy
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2017 (2017-09-19)
Recorded2016
Studio
Genre
Length4:20 (album version)
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
Label
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Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"A Lie"
(2017)
"Die for You"
(2017)
"Secrets"
(2017)
Music video
"Die for You" on YouTube

"Die for You" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his third studio album, Starboy (2016). The song was sent to US rhythmic contemporary radio on September 19, 2017, as the seventh single from the album. It was written by the Weeknd, Doc McKinney, Cirkut, Prince 85, Cashmere Cat, Dylan Wiggins, and Billy Walsh, and produced by the former five.

The song was initially a moderate success, achieving a peak within the top 50 of the US Billboard Hot 100. In 2022, the song experienced a resurgence in popularity due to the online social media application TikTok. The song thereafter impacted US contemporary hit radio and peaked at number six on the Hot 100. On February 24, 2023, the Weeknd released a remix of "Die for You" with American singer-songwriter Ariana Grande, which was included on the deluxe edition of Starboy. The remix propelled the song to number one on the Hot 100, marking both artists' seventh number-one single on the chart. The remix also reached a new peak at number two on the Billboard Global 200 and the Canadian Hot 100. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the remix was the fourth best-selling global single of 2023, earning 1.78 billion subscription streams equivalents globally.

  1. ^ Starboy Credits (PDF). November 23, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

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