"Why The "Fifty Shades Of Grey" Soundtrack Is Better Than It Has Any Right To Be". ^ "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) – From The "Fifty Shades Of Grey" Soundtrack – The Weeknd".Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. UK Singles (Official Charts Company) ĭecade-end charts Chart (2010–19) The video shows The Weeknd performing on stage as a group of topless women with black tape over their breasts perform a BDSM-themed burlesque routine behind him. It includes the BDSM theme as seen in the film. It was released on Vevo and YouTube on 21 January 2015. The music video, directed by the film's director Sam Taylor-Johnson, was shot at the Palace Theater in Los Angeles. The song has also been a commercial success overseas, reaching the top ten in 10 other countries, including the United Kingdom and New Zealand, while attaining a top twenty position in countries that include Australia, Germany, and Ireland. It became the Weeknd's second top 10 hit, after his collaboration with Ariana Grande on the number seven peaking hit, " Love Me Harder" and his highest-selling song on the chart. "Earned It" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, the second single from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack to enter the top 10, after Ellie Goulding 's " Love Me like You Do", which also peaked at number three.
In the Weeknd's native Canada, "Earned It" peaked at number eight on the Canadian Hot 100.
It is written in the key of D minor with a slow tempo of 40 beats per minute (Largo) in 6Ĩ time. "Earned It" is a chamber pop and R&B song. The singer agreed saying the film and his music is like "a match made in heaven." An alternative version of the single, with a new slightly long intro, was later included in the Weeknd's album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015).
It's the only song that's in the movie twice." Director Sam Taylor-Johnson said the Weeknd's voice is instantly seductive, which fit the film perfectly. In the end, he wrote ‘Earned It’ and it's the biggest song of his career to date. Some were working and some weren’t, but he just kept at it, and kept at it, and kept at it. Tom Mackay, a manager at Republic Records, explained: "He worked on a number of songs for a number of scenes. The Weeknd was involved in the project very early on. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Its music video was directed by the film's director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, features the film's lead actress, Dakota Johnson, and has the same BDSM theme. The song's popularity made Fifty Shades of Grey the latest soundtrack to generate concurrent top-ten singles with Ellie Goulding's " Love Me like You Do", which also peaked at number three. "Earned It" was lauded by critics upon release, and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the Weeknd's first top five single. The song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey and was included on the Weeknd's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015). " Earned It", alternatively titled " Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)", is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd. Maison de Musique ( Santa Monica, California) įifty Shades soundtrack singles chronology From the album Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack