"The Zone" is a song by Canadian singer
the Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and ...
featuring Canadian rapper
Drake
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Animals
* A male duck
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* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
. It was originally recorded for the Weeknd's 2011 mixtape ''
Thursday
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Name
''Se ...
'', the song was later
remastered and released as the third single for his 2012 album ''
Trilogy
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''. It was released as a
digital single
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on November 16, 2012, by
XO and
Republic Records.
The song serves as 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.
It was later uploaded to his
Vevo
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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
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. The music video features a different version of the song than the original version on ''
Thursday
Thursday is the day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fifth day of the week.
Name
''Se ...
'', and the remastered version on ''
Trilogy
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
''. 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
A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...
''.
*
The Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and ...
– composer, primary artist
*
Drake
Drake may refer to:
Animals
* A male duck
People and fictional characters
* Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
– featured artist
*
Doc McKinney
Martin "Doc" McKinney (born August 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American record producer and songwriter. McKinney is a Grammy-award-winning producer. He was formerly one half of the duo (now solo act) Esthero. His work with fellow Toronto artist The ...
– composer, instrumentation, producer
* Carlo "
Illangelo
Carlo Montagnese (born July 29, 1987), known professionally as Illangelo, is a Canadian record producer, songwriter, musician and mixing engineer from Calgary, Alberta, who came to attention as long-time collaborator of the Weeknd. A Grammy Aw ...
" Montagnese – composer, instrumentation, mixing, producer
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
External links
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2012 songs
2012 singles
The Weeknd songs
Drake (musician) songs
Song recordings produced by Illangelo
Songs written by the Weeknd
Songs written by Illangelo
Songs written by Doc McKinney
Songs written by Drake (musician)
Republic Records singles
XO (record label) singles
Song recordings produced by Doc McKinney