Secrets (The Weeknd song)

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"Secrets"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Starboy
ReleasedNovember 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
Studio Conway Recording Studios [1]
Genre
Length4:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Die for You"
(2017)		"Secrets"
(2017)		"Pray for Me"
(2018)
Music video
"Secrets" on YouTube

"Secrets" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd from his third studio album Starboy (2016). The song was written and produced by the Weeknd, Martin "Doc" McKinney, and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, with Dylan Wiggins, Roland Orzabal, Coz Canler, Jimmy Marinos, Wally Palamarchuk, Mike Skill, and Peter Solley receiving writing credits for the sampling of the new wave songs "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears and "Talking in Your Sleep" by the Romantics. [5] "Secrets" was released to radio in Italy on November 10, 2017, as the album's final international single. [6]

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Chart performance

"Secrets" peaked at number 47 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 27 on the Canadian Hot 100. [7]

Music video

The music video for "Secrets" was directed by Pedro Martin-Calero and was filmed at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the Toronto Reference Library. [8] It was released on June 11, 2017, and features singer Black Atlass. [9] [10]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [27] Platinum60,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [28] Platinum80,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [30] Platinum1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel(s)Ref.
ItalyNovember 10, 2017 Contemporary hit radio [6]

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