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Cry for Me (The Weeknd song)

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"Cry for Me"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Hurry Up Tomorrow
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2025
Genre
Length3:44
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"São Paulo"
(2024) 		"Cry for Me"
(2025)

"Cry for Me" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. It was sent to US contemporary hit radio through XO and Republic Records as the third single from his sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, on February 4, 2025. The song was written by the Weeknd himself, Mike Dean, Metro Boomin, Erdem Ozler, Belly, Kellee Patterson, and Curtis Williams, while being produced by the former four.

Background and release

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The song, which was first released as a second listed track of Hurry Up Tomorrow, was released as the third single off the album February 4, 2025.[1]

Composition and lyrics

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"Cry for Me" is composed of distorted synthesizers and drums that are very hard-hitting before it ends with a trap-influenced outro.[2] On the song, the Weeknd says that he feels trapped in a "penthouse prison" as he expresses his internal feelings of pain and suffering.[3][4] Carl Lamarre of Billboard ranked "Cry for Me" as the ninth best song on the album as he felt that "The Weeknd's vulnerability is palpable as he positions Hurry Up Tomorrow as his swan song" and "he leans into his mortality and departure, realizing it may be too late to resuscitate his relationship".[5]

Charts

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Chart performance for "Cry for Me"
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 20
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 21
Iceland (Tónlistinn)[8] 10
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 29
Italy (FIMI)[10] 20
Lithuania (AGATA)[11] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 35
Norway (VG-lista)[15] 14
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 12
UK Singles (OCC)[17] 8
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[18] 2

References

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  1. ^ "YOUR RADIO CHART PREVIEWS". Hits Daily Double. January 31, 2025. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  2. ^ "Hurry Up Tomorrow By The Weeknd: Album Review". January 31, 2025.
  3. ^ Levine, Nick (January 31, 2025). "The Weeknd – 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' review: stadium-filling superstar prepares to move on". NME. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  4. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (January 31, 2025). "The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review — strangely suppressed and anaesthetised". The Times. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  5. ^ Saponara, Michael; Lamarre, Carl (January 31, 2025). "Every Song From The Weeknd's 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Album Ranked: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  6. ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "The Weeknd: Cry for Me" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  8. ^ "Tónlistinn – Lög: Streymi, spilun og sala viku 6. Birt 8. febrúar 2025 – Næst uppfært 15. febrúar 2025" (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  10. ^ "Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 6" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  11. ^ "2025 6-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 6, 2025" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  13. ^ "The Weeknd – Cry for Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  14. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  15. ^ "Singel 2025 uke 6". VG-lista. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  16. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 6, 2025" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  18. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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