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Curve (song) - Wikipedia

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"Curve"

Promotional single by Gucci Mane featuring The Weeknd
from the album Mr. Davis
Released	September 13, 2017
Genre	Trap
Length	2:41
Label	GUWOP Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Radric Davis Abel Tesfaye Navraj Goraya Sugar-Ray Henry
Producer(s)	Nav FrostADX

Music video
"Curve" on YouTube

"Curve" is a song by American rapper Gucci Mane featuring Canadian singer the Weeknd. Written alongside producers Nav and FrostADX, it was released on September 13, 2017, as a promotional single from Mane's eleventh studio album Mr. Davis (2017).

Background

Gucci Mane premiered the song on Beats 1 on September 13, 2017, as a promotional single for his album Mr. Davis. He told Zane Lowe, "I'm a huge fan and I respect the Weeknd and whole team of XO. We exchanged numbers and started 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."^[1]

Composition

The song has been described as "hypnotic"^[2] and is about the artists' "playboy lifestyles".^[3] The Weeknd performs the first verse and chorus, singing about charming women and briefly spending time with them "before curving with no mercy".^[4] Gucci Mane raps about his high reputation enthralling women in the second verse.^[2]^[4]

Music video

The official music video premiered on GQ on November 10, 2017.^[5] Directed by David Helman,^[6] the video is in black-and-white and sees Gucci Mane and The Weeknd in a grim alley. Throughout the video, the camera angle slowly twists and turns, revealing multiple clones of the artists singing and dancing.^[5]^[7]

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[8]	93
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[9]	40
UK Singles (OCC)^[10]	78
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	67
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[12]	28

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[13]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Ortiz, Edwin (September 13, 2017). "Gucci Mane Links Up With the Weeknd for New Song "Curve"". Complex.
^ ^a ^b Lamarre, Carl (September 13, 2017). "Listen to Gucci Mane & The Weeknd Kill Every Groupie's Dream on 'Curve'". Billboard.
^ Fresh, Mikey (September 13, 2017). "Gucci Mane Releases His Biggest Single To Date, "Curve" (Feat. The Weeknd)". Vibe.
^ ^a ^b Findlay, Mitch (September 13, 2017). "Gucci Mane & The Weeknd Shine On "Curve"". HotNewHipHop.
^ ^a ^b Carley, Brennan (November 10, 2017). "Gucci Mane and the Weeknd Own the Night in Their New "Curve" Video". GQ.
^ Rettig, James (November 10, 2017). "Gucci Mane – "Curve" Video (Feat. The Weeknd)". Stereogum.
^ India, Lindsey (November 10, 2017). "Gucci Mane and The Weeknd Release Trippy New Curve Video - XXL". XXL.
^ "ARIA Chart Watch #439". auspOp. September 23, 2017. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ "Gucci Mane Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Gucci Mane Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Gucci Mane Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "American single certifications – Gucci Mane – Curve". Recording Industry Association of America. June 24, 2021.

Gucci Mane

Discography

Studio albums

Trap House (2005)
Hard to Kill (2006)
Trap-A-Thon (2007)
Back to the Trap House (2007)
Murder Was the Case (2009)
The State vs. Radric Davis (2009)
The Appeal: Georgia's Most Wanted (2010)
The Return of Mr. Zone 6 (2011)
Everybody Looking (2016)
The Return of East Atlanta Santa (2016)
Mr. Davis (2017)
Evil Genius (2018)
Delusions of Grandeur (2019)
Woptober II (2019)
Ice Daddy (2021)
Breath of Fresh Air (2023)

Mixtapes

The Burrprint (2009)
Burrrprint 2 (2010)
Trap Back (2012)
I'm Up (2012)
Trap God (2012)
Trap God 2 (2013)
Trap House III (2013)
The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings (2013)
Trap House 4 (2014)
Trap God 3 (2014)
East Atlanta Santa (2014)
1017 Mafia: Incarcerated (2015)
Brick Factory 3 (2015)
Trap House 5 (2015)
Woptober (2016)
Droptopwop (2017)
El Gato: The Human Glacier (2017)
East Atlanta Santa 3 (2019)

Collaborative mixtapes	Ferrari Boyz (2011) BAYTL (2011) Big Gucci Sosa (2014)

Extended plays

Free Bricks 2K16 (Zone 6 Edition) (2016)
1017 vs. the World (2016)

Singles

Featured singles

Other songs

1017 Records

The Weeknd songs

Trilogy

House of Balloons	"High for This" "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" "The Morning" "Wicked Games" "Twenty Eight"
Thursday	"The Zone" "Rolling Stone"
Echoes of Silence	"D.D" "Echoes of Silence"

Kiss Land

Beauty Behind the Madness

Starboy

My Dear Melancholy

After Hours

Dawn FM

The Idol

Hurry Up Tomorrow

Other songs

"Crew Love"
"Remember You"
"One of Those Nights"
"Sexodus"
"Elastic Heart"
"Or Nah"
"King of the Fall"
"Love Me Harder"
"Might Not"
"Nocturnal"
"FML"
"Low Life"
"6 Inch"
"Wild Love"
"Some Way"
"Comin Out Strong"
"Lust for Life"
"A Lie"
"Curve"
"Pray for Me"
"What You Want"
"Skeletons"
"Wake Up"
"Lost in the Fire"
"Price on My Head"
"Power Is Power"
"Smile"
"Over Now"
"Off the Table"
"Hawái"
"You Right"
"Better Believe"
"One Right Now"
"La Fama"
"Die for It"
"Hurricane"
"Tears in the Club"
"Poison"
"Creepin'"
"Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)"
"K-pop"
"Circus Maximus"
"Another One of Me"
"Young Metro"
"We Still Don't Trust You"

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