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Starboy (song)

January 04, 2023

"Starboy" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd from his third studio album of the same name. It features French electronic duo Daft Punk. The artists co-wrote and co-produced the song alongside Doc McKinney and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, with Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville providing additional writing.[2] It was released as the first single from the album on September 21, 2016, by XO and Republic Records.[3][4] It is an R&B and electropop song with lyrics that contain themes of extravagance of a celebrity life.

"Starboy"
Single by the Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
from the album Starboy
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
Recorded2016
Studio
  • Conway (Hollywood, California)
  • Gang (Paris, France)[1]
Genre
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Daft Punk
  • Don McKinney
  • Cirkut
  • The Weeknd
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Wild Love"
(2016) 		"Starboy"
(2016) 		"I Feel It Coming"
(2016)
Daft Punk singles chronology
"Give Life Back to Music"
(2014) 		"Starboy"
(2016) 		"I Feel It Coming"
(2016)
Music video
"Starboy" on YouTube

"Starboy" topped the charts in countries such as Canada, France, Netherlands, New Zealand and Sweden, as well as the US Billboard Hot 100, where it became the Weeknd's third chart-topper, and Daft Punk's first and only chart-topper. The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer, who directed the Weeknd's previous music videos for his previous chart-toppers "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills". In the music video, the Weeknd is shown trying to destroy evidence of his previous self, including his own awards from his past album, Beauty Behind the Madness. The video has been described as the Weeknd's attempt to murder his former personality.

Background and lyrics

On August 24, 2016, during a Billboard interview, Republic Records executive vice president Wendy Goldstein mentioned that the Weeknd had been collaborating with Daft Punk.[5] The Weeknd later elaborated that he contacted the duo through mutual friends in the Canadian music scene, and that he was invited to a studio in Paris, France to work with Daft Punk. During his session recording the song "I Feel It Coming", the Weeknd could hear a separate track leaking into the studio booth from the control room. He discovered that the track was a beat that Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo had been playing from a personal device. Inspired by the sound, the Weeknd immediately wrote material for it, forming the basis of "Starboy".[6] Producers Cirkut and Doc McKinney then continued work on the track.[7]

"Starboy" is an R&B[8] and electropop[9] song that incorporates themes of the extravagance associated with a celebrity lifestyle and also discusses how the celebrity lifestyle can make an entertainer fragile.[10] It was released on September 21, 2016, following the announcement of the album and its accompanying artwork the same day.[11]

Commercial performance

The song reached number one in Canada, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Norway, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States, while also going top five in various countries, including reaching number two in both Australia and Ireland and number three in Germany. The single debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, opening at number 22 on the Digital Songs chart with 28,000 downloads with only one day of charting and at number 37 on the Radio Songs chart with 36 million of audience, following its first full week of airplay. It became the Weeknd's third highest debut on the chart and Daft Punk's second top 40 entry.[12] The following week, "Starboy" jumped 37 positions to reach number three, becoming the Weeknd's fifth top 10 single and Daft Punk's second. Additionally, "Starboy" made the biggest jump into the Hot 100's top five since Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" leapt from number 53 to number one in June 2015.[13] It sold 88,000 copies in its second week,[14] and 92,000 in its third week.[13]

After remaining in the number two spot for eight non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100—behind The Chainsmokers' "Closer" for five weeks and Rae Sremmurd's "Black Beatles" for an additional three weeks—"Starboy" reached the top of the chart on the week of January 7, 2017, becoming The Weeknd's third and Daft Punk's first number one on the Hot 100.[15] "Starboy" additionally topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, where it became the Weeknd's fourth number one single and Daft Punk's first.[14] The song was certified Diamond by the RIAA for 11 million units including streams on April 5, 2022.[16]

In New Zealand, the single debuted at number five, which was followed by two consecutive weeks at number 2 before moving to number one on the chart for the week of October 24, 2016. This marks the Weeknd's second number one single, as well as Daft Punk's first number one single in the country.[17] In the UK, the single entered at number 3 for the week of October 6, 2016. The following week, it climbed up to number 2, held off by James Arthur's "Say You Won't Let Go". The next week, it was pushed to number 3 by "Closer" by The Chainsmokers before spending four weeks at number 4. Three weeks later, it flew from number 8 to number 3, due to the release of the album. That week, it also managed to reach a new peak of number 2 on the UK Streaming Chart (originally it had only peaked at number 3). It spent two weeks at number 3 before falling again, ultimately spending 15 consecutive weeks in the top ten.

Music video

Background and development

 
The song and video feature the Weeknd's personal McLaren P1, which he drives at the end of the video.[18]

The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer, who directed the Weeknd's previous music videos for "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills". It was released through the singer's official Vevo account on September 28, 2016, on YouTube, along with an accompanying poster which Rolling Stone described as "pulp-horror-inspired".[19] The video has been described as the singer's attempt to kill his former/old persona, perhaps signaling he is reinventing himself with this new album,[20] by suffocating himself, clipping his old hairstyle, and crushing his glass-framed platinum records.[18]

Several cars owned by the Weeknd are mentioned in the song's lyrics and featured in the video, including the Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster which he sings in his second verse: "Pull off in that Roadster SV/ Pockets overweight, getting hefty," a Bentley Mulsanne: "The competition, I don't wanna listen/ I'm in the blue Mulsanne bumping New Edition," and the McLaren P1: "I'm trying to put you in the worst mood/ P1 cleaner than your church shoes".[18] Billboard approached John Paolo Canton, McLaren Automotive's director of public relations, in order to find out the owner of the car, as their website stated "Even the world's biggest carmaker couldn't afford product placement like this, let alone a boutique British brand".[18] Canton later confirmed that the car did belong to the Weeknd.[18]

In 3 weeks, the video had 100 million views. The video had 500 million views in 3 months. As of February 2022, the video has over 2 billion views on YouTube, taking it into the top 70 most viewed YouTube videos, Outviewing another of the Weeknd's US number one hits, "The Hills", which is his second video above the 1 billion view milestone.[21]

Synopsis

In the video, a man in a black ski mask and diamond-encrusted cross is sitting across from the Weeknd, who is zip tied to the chair. The figure then kills the Weeknd by asphyxiating him with a plastic bag. The figure is revealed to be the Starboy incarnation of the Weeknd—his other self represented his Beauty Behind the Madness era. He then walks through a house full of awards that he's received, as well as a portrait of Daft Punk, who collaborated on the song, and a panther. He comes upon a large glowing pink neon cross, which he grabs and uses to destroy various evidence and history of his older self, including numerous trophies, posters and a crystal chandelier, before setting fire to the closet, eventually destroying the entire house later.[22] Walking through the garage, he passes several luxury automobiles, deciding on a McLaren P1 and drives off with a cat in the passenger seat, which transforms into a panther, as he rides off on Mulholland Drive. The video features product placement from clothing company PUMA.

The house where the video was filmed has been featured in commercials for Samsung, Microsoft, Range Rover, and Mercedes-Benz.[23]

Reception and accolades

Kat Bein of Billboard commented that the music video is "equally moody".[24] A writer from Slate magazine drew comparison of the video to Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video, which he has been compared to frequently for his musical style. The bleak focus on celebrity and transformation, as well as the morphing of the cat into a black panther, were some of the aesthetics that resembles Jackson's video.[25]

Billboard ranked "Starboy" at number four on their "100 Best R&B Songs of 2016" list: "Centric pop with frayed edges has been the M.O. for The Weeknd ever since he first signed on to the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, and "Starboy" proves the culmination and likely end of that formula. With Daft Punk in tow to provide sighing background vocals and occasionally drift the song's production dangerously close to out of frame, the spellbinding night-drive assumes Abel Tesfaye's new alternate identity with the confidence of a star big enough to dictate his own nicknames: Even the opening lines ("I'm tryna put you in the worst mood, ah / P1 cleaner than your church shoes, ah") barely bother setting the scene, since you remember where the movie last left off. "Starboy" might not have been titled to serve as a Ziggy Stardust tribute, but it reflects how, like Bowie, Tesfaye understands the importance of constant evolution in both his music and his image. When he shows up in a white suit doing K-Ci & JoJo covers on his next album, try to act surprised".[26] In the annual Village Voice's Pazz & Jop mass critics poll of the year's best in music in 2016, "Starboy" was ranked at number 29, tied with Rihanna's "Kiss It Better" and Maren Morris' "My Church".[27]

The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards a day before its release, leading many observers to wonder whether it was included based on merit, or instead as a result of the singer's popularity on the channel.[28]

Use in media

The song was featured in the 17th season of the popular FOX animated sitcom American Dad!.[29]

Track listing

Digital download[30]
No.TitleLength
1."Starboy"3:50
Digital download – Kygo Remix[31]
No.TitleLength
1."Starboy" (Kygo remix)4:04
Germany CD single[32]
No.TitleLength
1."Starboy" (explicit)3:50
2."Starboy" (clean)3:50
Total length:7:40

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[144] 12× Platinum 840,000 
Belgium (BEA)[145] 2× Platinum 40,000 
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[146] 2× Platinum 120,000 
Canada (Music Canada)[147] Diamond 800,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[148] 3× Platinum 270,000 
France (SNEP)[149] Diamond 233,333 
Germany (BVMI)[150] 3× Gold 600,000 
Italy (FIMI)[151] 3× Platinum 150,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[152] 2× Platinum 60,000 
Norway (IFPI Norway)[153] 3× Platinum 120,000 
Poland (ZPAV)[154] Diamond 250,000 
Portugal (AFP)[155] 4× Platinum 40,000 
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[156] 2× Platinum 80,000 
Sweden (GLF)[157] 4× Platinum 160,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[159] 3× Platinum 2,000,000[158]
United States (RIAA)[16] 11× Platinum 11,000,000 
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece)[160] Gold 1,000,000 

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

Release history

Region Date Format Version Label(s) Ref.
Worldwide September 22, 2016 Digital download Original
[161]
Italy September 23, 2016 Contemporary hit radio Universal [162]
United Kingdom
  • XO
  • Republic
 [163]
Rhythmic contemporary [164]
United States September 27, 2016 Contemporary hit radio [165]
Rhythmic contemporary [166]
Germany November 4, 2016 CD single Republic [32]
Worldwide November 11, 2016 Digital download Kygo remix
  • XO
  • Republic
 [167]

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starboy, song, starboy, song, canadian, singer, weeknd, from, third, studio, album, same, name, features, french, electronic, daft, punk, artists, wrote, produced, song, alongside, mckinney, henry, cirkut, walter, with, jason, daheala, quenneville, providing, . Starboy is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd from his third studio album of the same name It features French electronic duo Daft Punk The artists co wrote and co produced the song alongside Doc McKinney and Henry Cirkut Walter with Jason DaHeala Quenneville providing additional writing 2 It was released as the first single from the album on September 21 2016 by XO and Republic Records 3 4 It is an R amp B and electropop song with lyrics that contain themes of extravagance of a celebrity life Starboy Single by the Weeknd featuring Daft Punkfrom the album StarboyReleasedSeptember 21 2016 2016 09 21 Recorded2016StudioConway Hollywood California Gang Paris France 1 GenreR amp B electropopLength3 50LabelXO RepublicSongwriter s Abel Tesfaye Guy Manuel de Homem Christo Thomas Bangalter Martin McKinney Henry Walter Jason QuennevilleProducer s Daft Punk Don McKinney Cirkut The WeekndThe Weeknd singles chronology Wild Love 2016 Starboy 2016 I Feel It Coming 2016 Daft Punk singles chronology Give Life Back to Music 2014 Starboy 2016 I Feel It Coming 2016 Music video Starboy on YouTube Starboy topped the charts in countries such as Canada France Netherlands New Zealand and Sweden as well as the US Billboard Hot 100 where it became the Weeknd s third chart topper and Daft Punk s first and only chart topper The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer who directed the Weeknd s previous music videos for his previous chart toppers Can t Feel My Face and The Hills In the music video the Weeknd is shown trying to destroy evidence of his previous self including his own awards from his past album Beauty Behind the Madness The video has been described as the Weeknd s attempt to murder his former personality Contents 1 Background and lyrics 2 Commercial performance 3 Music video 3 1 Background and development 3 2 Synopsis 3 3 Reception and accolades 4 Use in media 5 Track listing 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 6 3 Decade end charts 7 Certifications 8 Release history 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksBackground and lyrics EditOn August 24 2016 during a Billboard interview Republic Records executive vice president Wendy Goldstein mentioned that the Weeknd had been collaborating with Daft Punk 5 The Weeknd later elaborated that he contacted the duo through mutual friends in the Canadian music scene and that he was invited to a studio in Paris France to work with Daft Punk During his session recording the song I Feel It Coming the Weeknd could hear a separate track leaking into the studio booth from the control room He discovered that the track was a beat that Guy Manuel de Homem Christo had been playing from a personal device Inspired by the sound the Weeknd immediately wrote material for it forming the basis of Starboy 6 Producers Cirkut and Doc McKinney then continued work on the track 7 Starboy is an R amp B 8 and electropop 9 song that incorporates themes of the extravagance associated with a celebrity lifestyle and also discusses how the celebrity lifestyle can make an entertainer fragile 10 It was released on September 21 2016 following the announcement of the album and its accompanying artwork the same day 11 Commercial performance EditThe song reached number one in Canada Denmark France New Zealand Norway Mexico Sweden and the United States while also going top five in various countries including reaching number two in both Australia and Ireland and number three in Germany The single debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 opening at number 22 on the Digital Songs chart with 28 000 downloads with only one day of charting and at number 37 on the Radio Songs chart with 36 million of audience following its first full week of airplay It became the Weeknd s third highest debut on the chart and Daft Punk s second top 40 entry 12 The following week Starboy jumped 37 positions to reach number three becoming the Weeknd s fifth top 10 single and Daft Punk s second Additionally Starboy made the biggest jump into the Hot 100 s top five since Taylor Swift s Bad Blood leapt from number 53 to number one in June 2015 13 It sold 88 000 copies in its second week 14 and 92 000 in its third week 13 After remaining in the number two spot for eight non consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 behind The Chainsmokers Closer for five weeks and Rae Sremmurd s Black Beatles for an additional three weeks Starboy reached the top of the chart on the week of January 7 2017 becoming The Weeknd s third and Daft Punk s first number one on the Hot 100 15 Starboy additionally topped the US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart where it became the Weeknd s fourth number one single and Daft Punk s first 14 The song was certified Diamond by the RIAA for 11 million units including streams on April 5 2022 16 In New Zealand the single debuted at number five which was followed by two consecutive weeks at number 2 before moving to number one on the chart for the week of October 24 2016 This marks the Weeknd s second number one single as well as Daft Punk s first number one single in the country 17 In the UK the single entered at number 3 for the week of October 6 2016 The following week it climbed up to number 2 held off by James Arthur s Say You Won t Let Go The next week it was pushed to number 3 by Closer by The Chainsmokers before spending four weeks at number 4 Three weeks later it flew from number 8 to number 3 due to the release of the album That week it also managed to reach a new peak of number 2 on the UK Streaming Chart originally it had only peaked at number 3 It spent two weeks at number 3 before falling again ultimately spending 15 consecutive weeks in the top ten Music video EditBackground and development Edit The song and video feature the Weeknd s personal McLaren P1 which he drives at the end of the video 18 The music video for the song was directed by frequent collaborator Grant Singer who directed the Weeknd s previous music videos for Can t Feel My Face and The Hills It was released through the singer s official Vevo account on September 28 2016 on YouTube along with an accompanying poster which Rolling Stone described as pulp horror inspired 19 The video has been described as the singer s attempt to kill his former old persona perhaps signaling he is reinventing himself with this new album 20 by suffocating himself clipping his old hairstyle and crushing his glass framed platinum records 18 Several cars owned by the Weeknd are mentioned in the song s lyrics and featured in the video including the Lamborghini Aventador SV Roadster which he sings in his second verse Pull off in that Roadster SV Pockets overweight getting hefty a Bentley Mulsanne The competition I don t wanna listen I m in the blue Mulsanne bumping New Edition and the McLaren P1 I m trying to put you in the worst mood P1 cleaner than your church shoes 18 Billboard approached John Paolo Canton McLaren Automotive s director of public relations in order to find out the owner of the car as their website stated Even the world s biggest carmaker couldn t afford product placement like this let alone a boutique British brand 18 Canton later confirmed that the car did belong to the Weeknd 18 In 3 weeks the video had 100 million views The video had 500 million views in 3 months As of February 2022 the video has over 2 billion views on YouTube taking it into the top 70 most viewed YouTube videos Outviewing another of the Weeknd s US number one hits The Hills which is his second video above the 1 billion view milestone 21 Synopsis Edit In the video a man in a black ski mask and diamond encrusted cross is sitting across from the Weeknd who is zip tied to the chair The figure then kills the Weeknd by asphyxiating him with a plastic bag The figure is revealed to be the Starboy incarnation of the Weeknd his other self represented his Beauty Behind the Madness era He then walks through a house full of awards that he s received as well as a portrait of Daft Punk who collaborated on the song and a panther He comes upon a large glowing pink neon cross which he grabs and uses to destroy various evidence and history of his older self including numerous trophies posters and a crystal chandelier before setting fire to the closet eventually destroying the entire house later 22 Walking through the garage he passes several luxury automobiles deciding on a McLaren P1 and drives off with a cat in the passenger seat which transforms into a panther as he rides off on Mulholland Drive The video features product placement from clothing company PUMA The house where the video was filmed has been featured in commercials for Samsung Microsoft Range Rover and Mercedes Benz 23 Reception and accolades Edit Kat Bein of Billboard commented that the music video is equally moody 24 A writer from Slate magazine drew comparison of the video to Michael Jackson s Black or White video which he has been compared to frequently for his musical style The bleak focus on celebrity and transformation as well as the morphing of the cat into a black panther were some of the aesthetics that resembles Jackson s video 25 Billboard ranked Starboy at number four on their 100 Best R amp B Songs of 2016 list Centric pop with frayed edges has been the M O for The Weeknd ever since he first signed on to the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack and Starboy proves the culmination and likely end of that formula With Daft Punk in tow to provide sighing background vocals and occasionally drift the song s production dangerously close to out of frame the spellbinding night drive assumes Abel Tesfaye s new alternate identity with the confidence of a star big enough to dictate his own nicknames Even the opening lines I m tryna put you in the worst mood ah P1 cleaner than your church shoes ah barely bother setting the scene since you remember where the movie last left off Starboy might not have been titled to serve as a Ziggy Stardust tribute but it reflects how like Bowie Tesfaye understands the importance of constant evolution in both his music and his image When he shows up in a white suit doing K Ci amp JoJo covers on his next album try to act surprised 26 In the annual Village Voice s Pazz amp Jop mass critics poll of the year s best in music in 2016 Starboy was ranked at number 29 tied with Rihanna s Kiss It Better and Maren Morris My Church 27 The video was nominated for Best Video at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards a day before its release leading many observers to wonder whether it was included based on merit or instead as a result of the singer s popularity on the channel 28 Use in media EditThe song was featured in the 17th season of the popular FOX animated sitcom American Dad 29 Track listing EditDigital download 30 No TitleLength1 Starboy 3 50 Digital download Kygo Remix 31 No TitleLength1 Starboy Kygo remix 4 04 Germany CD single 32 No TitleLength1 Starboy explicit 3 502 Starboy clean 3 50Total length 7 40Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2016 2022 Peak positionArgentina Monitor Latino 33 7Australia ARIA 34 2Australia Urban ARIA 35 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 36 8Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 37 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 38 1Bulgaria PROPHON 39 2Canada Canadian Hot 100 40 1Canada AC Billboard 41 12Canada CHR Top 40 Billboard 42 1Canada Hot AC Billboard 43 1Colombia National Report 44 55Czech Republic Radio Top 100 45 22Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 46 1Denmark Tracklisten 47 1Euro Digital Song Sales Billboard 48 2Finland Suomen virallinen lista 49 3France SNEP 50 1Germany Official German Charts 51 3Global 200 Billboard 52 52Greece Digital Songs Billboard 53 1Hungary Dance Top 40 54 31Hungary Radios Top 40 55 5Hungary Single Top 40 56 6Hungary Stream Top 40 57 1Ireland IRMA 58 2Israel Media Forest 59 1Italy FIMI 60 6Japan Japan Hot 100 61 67Luxembourg Digital Song Sales Billboard 62 1Malaysia RIM 63 7Mexico Airplay Billboard 64 2Netherlands Dutch Top 40 65 1Netherlands Single Top 100 66 1New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 67 1Norway VG lista 68 1Poland Polish Airplay Top 100 69 35Portugal AFP 70 1Romania Media Forest 71 5Russia Airplay Tophit 72 5Scotland OCC 73 6Slovakia Radio Top 100 74 24Slovakia Singles Digital Top 100 75 1Slovenia SloTop50 76 23South Korea International Gaon 77 37Spain PROMUSICAE 78 10Sweden Sverigetopplistan 79 1Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 80 2UK Singles OCC 81 2US Billboard Hot 100 82 1US Adult Contemporary Billboard 83 26US Adult Top 40 Billboard 84 10US Dance Club Songs Billboard 85 2US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 86 3US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 87 1US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 88 3US R amp B Hip Hop Airplay Billboard 89 13US Rhythmic Billboard 90 1Vietnam Vietnam Hot 100 91 94 Year end charts Edit Chart 2016 PositionArgentina Monitor Latino 92 56Australia ARIA 93 23Australia Urban ARIA 94 1Austria O3 Austria Top 40 95 66Belgium Ultratop Flanders 96 37Belgium Ultratop Wallonia 97 61Canada Canadian Hot 100 98 32Denmark Tracklisten 99 51France SNEP 100 53Germany Official German Charts 101 49Hungary Single Top 40 102 40Hungary Stream Top 40 103 28Israel Media Forest 104 36Italy FIMI 105 82Netherlands Dutch Top 40 106 28Netherlands Single Top 100 107 58New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 108 33Spain PROMUSICAE 109 94Sweden Sverigetopplistan 110 45Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 111 66UK Singles OCC 112 34US Billboard Hot 100 113 58US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 114 17US Rhythmic Billboard 115 49Chart 2017 PositionArgentina Monitor Latino 116 71Australia ARIA 117 42Belgium Ultratop Flanders 118 85Belgium Ultratop Wallonia 119 99Canada Canadian Hot 100 120 6Denmark Tracklisten 121 47France SNEP 122 80Germany Official German Charts 123 97Hungary Single Top 40 124 38Hungary Stream Top 40 125 47Israel Media Forest 126 19Netherlands Dutch Top 40 127 85New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 128 42Sweden Sverigetopplistan 129 66Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 130 43UK Singles OCC 131 59US Billboard Hot 100 132 20US Dance Club Songs Billboard 133 49US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 134 42US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 135 13US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 136 28US Rhythmic Billboard 137 26Chart 2021 PositionGlobal 200 Billboard 138 197Chart 2022 PositionAustralia ARIA 139 86Global 200 Billboard 140 100Decade end charts Edit Chart 2010 2019 PositionAustralia ARIA 141 54UK Singles OCC 142 80US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 143 44Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 144 12 Platinum 840 000 Belgium BEA 145 2 Platinum 40 000 Brazil Pro Musica Brasil 146 2 Platinum 120 000 Canada Music Canada 147 Diamond 800 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 148 3 Platinum 270 000 France SNEP 149 Diamond 233 333 Germany BVMI 150 3 Gold 600 000 Italy FIMI 151 3 Platinum 150 000 New Zealand RMNZ 152 2 Platinum 60 000 Norway IFPI Norway 153 3 Platinum 120 000 Poland ZPAV 154 Diamond 250 000 Portugal AFP 155 4 Platinum 40 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 156 2 Platinum 80 000 Sweden GLF 157 4 Platinum 160 000 United Kingdom BPI 159 3 Platinum 2 000 000 158 United States RIAA 16 11 Platinum 11 000 000 StreamingGreece IFPI Greece 160 Gold 1 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Streaming only figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Format Version Label s Ref Worldwide September 22 2016 Digital download Original XORepublic 161 Italy September 23 2016 Contemporary hit radio Universal 162 United Kingdom XORepublic 163 Rhythmic contemporary 164 United States September 27 2016 Contemporary hit radio 165 Rhythmic contemporary 166 Germany November 4 2016 CD single Republic 32 Worldwide November 11 2016 Digital download Kygo remix XORepublic 167 See also EditList of best selling singles in Australia List of Billboard Hot 100 number one singles of 2017References Edit McCormick Luke September 6 2016 The Weeknd Reveals Some Details About His New Album In VMAN Cover Story The Fader Retrieved September 28 2016 STARBOY Liner Notes PDF XO Republic 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