Curve (song)

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"Curve"
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Promotional single by Gucci Mane featuring The Weeknd
from the album Mr. Davis
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2017
Genre Trap
Length2:41
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Music video
"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).

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Background

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]

Composition

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]

Music video

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]

Charts

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

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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