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Revision as of 08:37, 4 February 2024

"The Zone"
Single by the Weeknd featuring Drake
from the album Thursday and Trilogy
ReleasedNovember 16, 2012
Length6:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Doc McKinney
  • Illangelo
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Twenty Eight"
(2012) 		"The Zone"
(2012) 		"Kiss Land"
(2013)
Drake singles chronology
"Poetic Justice"
(2012) 		"The Zone"
(2012) 		"Love Me"
(2013)
Music video
"The Zone" on YouTube

"The Zone" is a song by the Canadian singer the Weeknd featuring the Canadian rapper Drake, and serves as the fourth track from the Weeknd's second mixtape Thursday (2011). In 2012, the song was remastered and released as the third single from his compilation album Trilogy on November 16, 2012, through XO and Republic Records. The song was the first collaboration between the two artists.

Music video

The music video for "The Zone" premiered on November 7, 2012, on the Weeknd's personal YouTube account "xoxxxoooxo" and was directed by the Weeknd himself.[1] It was later uploaded to his Vevo account the following day on November 8, 2012. Since its release, the Vevo upload of the video has been viewed over 70 million times on YouTube. The music video features a different version of the song than the original version on Thursday, and the remastered version on Trilogy. In the music video-version of the song, the Weeknd's second verse has been removed, and replaced with Drake's verse, which was the third verse in the original version. The second chorus is also longer and features the added sound of strings. There are other slight changes as well, such as the outro being different.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes for Trilogy.[2]

  • The Weeknd – composer, primary artist
  • Drake – featured artist
  • Doc McKinney – composer, instrumentation, producer
  • Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese – composer, instrumentation, mixing, producer

Charts

Chart performance for "The Zone"
Chart (2012) Peak
position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[3] 50

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label(s) Ref
Worldwide November 16, 2012 Digital download
[5]

References

  1. ^ "Music Video: The Weeknd ft. Drake – The Zone". highsnobiety.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Trilogy (CD liner). The Weeknd. Republic Records. 2012. 3719793.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "The Weeknd Chart History - R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. ^ "American single certifications – The Weeknd – The Zone". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Zone" – via iTunes.
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