The Way You Used to Do

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"The Way You Used to Do"
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Single by Queens of the Stone Age
from the album Villains
ReleasedJune 15, 2017
Genre
Length4:34 (album)
4:16 (radio edit)
Label Matador
Songwriter(s) [3]
Producer(s) Mark Ronson
Queens of the Stone Age singles chronology
"I Sat by the Ocean"
(2013)
"The Way You Used to Do"
(2017)
"The Evil Has Landed"
(2017)

"The Way You Used to Do" is the first single from the Queens of the Stone Age album Villains . The single was released on June 15, 2017. [4] [5] The song is featured in the soundtrack of the 2017 racing video game Need for Speed Payback .

Contents

Rolling Stone described the song as "grisly and jumping". [6]

Background

"The Way You Used to Do" was first released on June 15, 2017. [7] A music video, directed by Jonas Åkerlund, was released on August 15, 2017. [8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 11
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [10] 1
Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI) [11] 4
Finland Airplay (Radiosoittolista) [12] 100
Iceland (RÚV) [13] 20
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ) [14] 7
Scotland (OCC) [15] 82
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [16] 92
UK Indie (OCC) [17] 23
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [18] 7
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [19] 16
US Rock Airplay ( Billboard ) [20] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard) [21] 51
US Rock Airplay (Billboard) [22] 25

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [23] Platinum80,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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