Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)

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"Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) - The Weeknd Japanese cover.jpg
Japanese cover art
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Avatar: The Way of Water (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
ReleasedDecember 15, 2022 (2022-12-15)
Recorded2022
Genre
Length4:27
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Creepin'"
(2022)		"Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
(2022)		"Die for You" (remix)
(2023)
Music video
"Nothing is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" on YouTube

"Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd. It was released by XO, Hollywood Records and Republic Records on December 15, 2022, as the lead single of the soundtrack for the epic science fiction action-adventure film Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The song was written by the Weeknd, who composed with production trio Swedish House Mafia, along with the film's score composer, Simon Franglen. Musically, "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" is a "bombastic" ballad, featuring an "anthemic" melody and prominent drums in its chorus, accompanied with occasional tribal chants in the background.

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Background and release

On December 4, 2022, the Weeknd posted a teaser of the soundtrack on his social media, hinting at the release date December 16. [1] On December 7, a new trailer for the James Cameron-directed film was released. [2] [3] The trailer itself was titled after the song. [4] It features a prominent snippet of the song with vocals that "softly play throughout the trailer". [5] According to a press release, the song seeks to "speak to the epic scope, breathtaking action, and thrilling drama of the film itself". [6] In interview at the film premiere, the producer Jon Landau told to Complex that “when (the Weeknd) came in, Swedish House Mafia came up with the concept of the song, and they embraced working with our composer, Simon Franglen. And together, they came up with a song that is true to who The Weeknd is but is organic to our film. And that's what was important to us. We didn't want just something to come on at the end of the movie that felt outside of it, but he embraced that collaboration, and his voice, oh my God”. [7] [8]

Composition

The Weeknd self-wrote the lyrics to "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" and composed the song's melody with production trio Swedish House Mafia and Simon Franglen. [9] [10] Since release, the song has been described by music and film critics as a "dramatic" [11] and "bombastic" ballad [12] with a "trance-adjacent beat and pulsing synthesizers" [13] featuring an "anthemic", [12] orchestral melody, [14] and "thundering" drums in its chorus. [12]

Music video

A music video for "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" was released on January 16, 2023. [15] The filming took place in Krabi, Thailand in December 2022. Most of the actors in the music video are Thai.

Charts

Chart performance for "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
Chart (2022–2023)Peak
position
Australia New Music (ARIA) [16] 19
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [17] 88
Canada CHR/Top 40 ( Billboard ) [18] 40
Croatia (HRT) [19] 73
France (SNEP) [20] 140
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [21] 156
Hungary (Single Top 40) [22] 39
Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [23] 6
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [24] 5
South Korea Download (Circle) [25] 200
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [26] 79
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [27] 84
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [28] 23
US Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [29] 36

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousDecember 15, 2022 [30] [31]

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