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has more than 25 million views, and the single peaked at the seventy-fifth position of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Shake It Out by Florence + the Machine, featuring TheWeeknd (Released on October 02, 2011) Rambo isn’t the first song that The Weeknd has remixed. In 2011, he reworked Florence + The Machine’s single, Shake It Out , from their album C eremonials . The Weeknd’s version was darker than the original and completely changed the mood of the song. Curve by Gucci Mane, featuring TheWeeknd (Released October 13, 2017) From Gucci Mane’s eleventh album, M r . D avic , this song was especially exciting for the duo. Gucci Mane had this to say about the partnership: I’m a huge fan, and I respect The Weeknd and whole team of XO. We exchanged numbers and started [to] 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.

I just think fans gotta let their favorite artist grow. Just stick it out with them. I always use the example of The Weeknd. He used to make dark, mysterious music that was excellent. T he T rilogy —everybody loved it. Now, he’s S tarboy . There may be fans that are upset about that, but he’s S tarboy now. You gotta let your favorite artist grow and be great. Lust for Life by Lana Del Rey, featuring TheWeeknd (Released April 19, 2017) Featured on Lana Del Rey’s fifth studio album, also called L ust for L ife , the track was listed as number nine on Rolling Stone’s “50 Best Songs of 2017” list. The Weeknd has called this artist one of his closest friends in the industry, and he is the first person she has collaborated with on an album. Though not an official feature, Lana Del Rey is a background singer on The Weeknd’s Party Monster and is a co-writer for the song. This brings the total number of songs they have collaborated on to four, which is the highest number of collaborations for each performer with any one artist. A Lie by French Montana, featuring TheWeeknd and Max B (Released August 15, 2017) This triple-threat feature was included on French Montana’s album J ungle R ules . The video ”

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