The Zone (The Weeknd song)

"The Zone"
Single by The Weeknd featuring Drake
from the album Thursday and Trilogy
Released November 16, 2012
Format Digital download
Length 6:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Doc McKinney
  • Illangelo
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Twenty Eight"
(2012)		 "The Zone"
(2012)		 "Kiss Land"
(2013)

"Twenty Eight"
(2012)		 "The Zone"
(2012)		 "Kiss Land"
(2013)
Drake singles chronology
"Poetic Justice"
(2012) Poetic Justice2012		 "The Zone"
(2012) The Zone2012		 "Love Me"
(2013) Love Me2013
Music video
"The Zone" on YouTube

"The Zone" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd featuring fellow 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 60 million times on YouTube.

Track listing

Digital download[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Zone" (featuring Drake)
  • Doc McKinney
  • Illangelo
6:58

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 (2012–13) Peak
position
US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[5] 50

Release history

Region Date Format Label(s) Ref
Worldwide November 16, 2012 Digital download [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Zone (feat. Drake) - Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Weeknd (Ft. Drake) – The Zone". genius.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Music Video: The Weeknd ft. Drake – The Zone". highsnobiety.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Trilogy (CD liner). The Weeknd. Republic Records. 2012. 3719793.
  5. ↑ "The Weeknd Chart History - R&B/Hip-hop Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Zone" – via iTunes.
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