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| Promotional single by Gucci Mane featuring The Weeknd | |
| from the album Mr. Davis | |
| Released | September 13, 2017 |
| Genre | Trap |
| Length | 2:41 |
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| "Curve" on YouTube | |
"Curve" is a song by American rapper Gucci Mane featuring Canadian singer the Weeknd. Written alongside producers Nav and FrostADX, it was released on September 13, 2017, as a promotional single from Mane's eleventh studio album Mr. Davis (2017).
Gucci Mane premiered the song on Beats 1 on September 13, 2017, as a promotional single for his album Mr. Davis. He told Zane Lowe, "I'm a huge fan and I respect the Weeknd and whole team of XO. We exchanged numbers and started build a rapport with each other. And we were bouncing off records; I'll send him records, he'll send me beats. And then one day he sent me this record that NAV produced. It was like an early birthday gift or Christmas present." [1]
The song has been described as "hypnotic" [2] and is about the artists' "playboy lifestyles". [3] The Weeknd performs the first verse and chorus, singing about charming women and briefly spending time with them "before curving with no mercy". [4] Gucci Mane raps about his high reputation enthralling women in the second verse. [2] [4]
The official music video premiered on GQ on November 10, 2017. [5] Directed by David Helman, [6] the video is in black-and-white and sees Gucci Mane and The Weeknd in a grim alley. Throughout the video, the camera angle slowly twists and turns, revealing multiple clones of the artists singing and dancing. [5] [7]
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [8] | 93 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [9] | 40 |
| UK Singles (OCC) [10] | 78 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 67 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [12] | 28 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [13] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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