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For other songs, see Die for You (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Die for It.

"Die for You"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Starboy
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2017 (2017-09-19)
Recorded2016
Studio
GenreR&B
Length4:20
  • 3:40 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
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 Canadian singer the Weeknd, from his third studio album Starboy (2016). The song was written by the Weeknd, Doc McKinney, Cirkut, Prince 85, Cashmere Cat, Dylan Wiggins, and Billy Walsh, while being produced by the former five. It was one of the tracks of Starboy to be featured in the short film Mania.[2][3] It received early airplay from urban and urban AC radio in August 2017,[4] and was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on September 19 as the album's fifth single in the United States.[5][6] The song was also scheduled to be sent to US contemporary hit radio on December 5, but its release to the format in the country was cancelled for unknown reasons.[7]

Six years after its original release, the song impacted the radio format in 2022 after a steady resurgence in popularity online, with the song additionally achieving a new peak of number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, after its original peak of number 43 in 2016. On February 24, 2023, the Weeknd released a remix of "Die for You" with American singer Ariana Grande.

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's release.[8] Due to the song's lyrical content, which details the conflicting feelings of ending a relationship with someone he still loves, it was the hardest song to finish from the album.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

Music and composition

"Die for You" is written in the key of C♯ minor and has a tempo of 67 beats per minute.[13][14]

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.[15]

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".[16][17] This increase in streaming and sales led to the song's parent album to re-enter the top 40 on the Billboard 200 chart.[18] It also led to the song entering the top 40 of multiple single charts across Asia and Oceania, with the song additionally reaching number 19 on the Billboard Global 200 chart and re-entering the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number six.[19][20] On February 6, 2023, "Die for You" topped the US Radio Songs chart, over six years after its arrival on Starboy.[21] It also reached number one on the mainstream top 40-based US Pop Airplay chart.[21]

Use in media

"Die for You" was featured in the second season of the HBO comedy-drama television series Insecure.[22][23] Due to its appearance in the show, the song led the THR's Top TV Songs Chart in August 2017.[24]

Music video

On November 25, 2021, to celebrate the five-year anniversary of Starboy's release, the Weeknd surprise-released the music video for "Die for You", directed by Christian Breslauer.[25] The video pays homage to the science fiction horror television series Stranger Things and the 1982 science fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.[26]

Remixes

SZA 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.[27][28]

Ariana Grande remix

"Die for You (Remix)"
Single by the Weeknd and Ariana Grande
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
Recorded2016, 2023
Studio
GenreR&B
Length3:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
(2022) 		"Die for You (Remix)"
(2023)
Ariana Grande singles chronology
"Santa, Can't You Hear Me"
(2022) 		"Die for You (Remix)"
(2023)

Another remix, a collaboration with American singer Ariana Grande, was released on February 24, 2023, with an accompanying lyric video.[29] On February 21, 2023, Grande shared a video on social media of her working on the remix of the song, including the lead single on Grande's upcoming seventh studio album, and which was recorded whilst she was filming for the film adaption of the musical Wicked.[30][31] The song marks the fourth collaboration between the Weeknd and Grande, after "Love Me Harder" (2014), "Off the Table" (2020), and the remix of "Save Your Tears" (2021).[32] The remix had obtained the biggest first day streams for a remix in Spotify history with 8.9 million streams.

Track listing

Digital / streaming single[33]

  1. "Die for You" – 4:20
  2. "Die for You" (instrumental) – 4:19

Digital / streaming single[34]

  1. "Die for You" – 4:20
  2. "Die for You" (music video) – 4:40

Digital / streaming single[35]

  1. "Die for You" – 4:20
  2. "Die for You" (instrumental) – 4:19
  3. "Die for You" (music video) – 4:40

Digital / streaming single[36]

  1. "Die for You" – 4:20
  2. "Die for You" (instrumental) – 4:19
  3. "Die for You" (sped up) – 3:43

Digital / streaming single[37]

  1. "Die for You" (remix) (with Ariana Grande) – 3:52

Digital single[38]

  1. "Die for You" (remix instrumental) (with Ariana Grande) – 3:52

Digital / streaming EP[39]

  1. "Die for You" (remix) (with Ariana Grande) – 3:52
  2. "Die for You" – 4:20
  3. "Die for You" (instrumental) – 4:19
  4. "Die for You" (sped up) – 3:43

Digital / streaming single[40]

  1. "Die for You" (remix acapella) (with Ariana Grande) – 3:52

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Die for You"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[75] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[76] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[77] Gold 45,000‡
France (SNEP)[78] Gold 100,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[79] Gold 50,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[80] Gold 25,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[81] 2× Platinum 20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[82] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[83] 5× Platinum 5,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[84] Platinum 2,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Die for You"
Region Date Format(s) Version(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States September 19, 2017 Rhythmic contemporary radio Original
[5]
Various November 25, 2021
  • Original
  • instrumental
 [35]
United States August 9, 2022 Contemporary hit radio Radio edit [85]
Various February 4, 2023
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Sped up [36]
February 24, 2023 Ariana Grande remix [37]
Italy Radio airplay Universal [86]
United States February 25, 2023 Digital download Ariana Grande remix instrumental
  • XO
  • Republic
 [38]
Various February 27, 2023
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 EP [39]
March 2, 2023 Ariana Grande remix acapella [40]

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