The Zone (song)
| "The Zone" | ||||
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| Single by the Weeknd featuring Drake | ||||
| from the album Thursday and Trilogy | ||||
| Released | November 16, 2012 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 6:58 | |||
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| The Weeknd singles chronology | ||||
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| "The Zone" on YouTube | ||||
"The Zone" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd featuring Canadian rapper Drake. It was originally recorded for the Weeknd's 2011 mixtape Thursday, the song was later remastered and released as the third single for his 2012 album Trilogy. It was released as a digital single on November 16, 2012, by XO and Republic Records.[1] The song serves as the first collaboration between the two artists.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4]
- The Weeknd – composer, primary artist
- Drake – featured artist
- Doc McKinney – composer, instrumentation, producer
- Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese – composer, instrumentation, mixing, producer
Charts
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[5] | 50 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label(s) | Ref |
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| Worldwide | November 16, 2012 | Digital download | [7] |
References
- ^ "The Zone (feat. Drake) - Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "The Weeknd (Ft. Drake) – The Zone". genius.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ "Music Video: The Weeknd ft. Drake – The Zone". highsnobiety.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- ^ Trilogy (CD liner). The Weeknd. Republic Records. 2012. 3719793.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "The Weeknd Chart History - R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ "American single certifications – The Weeknd – The Zone". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "The Zone" – via iTunes.
