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"Tell Your Friends" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd, from his second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015). The Weeknd co-wrote the song with Kanye West, Christopher Pope, Carlo Montagnese, Carl Marshall and Robert Holmes, and co-produced it with Pope, West, Omar Riad, Illangelo, Mike Dean and Noah Goldstein. The track samples the song "Can't Stop Loving You" by Soul Dog. A live remix of the song with American rapper Nas was performed at the 2016 Met Gala Ball.

Music video

The music video for "Tell Your Friends", directed by Grant Singer, was released on August 24, 2015. The music video also features another track from Beauty Behind the Madness, "Real Life" which is played at the end of the video while the Weeknd is driving out into the night. As of October 2021, the video has surpassed over 70 million views.

Synopsis

The video begins with the Weeknd walking into foreground holding a shovel. He appears to be burying himself. We then see the Weeknd successfully bury himself. He sticks the shovel in the sand and starts to walk away from where he is buried while performing to the song. A weird looking skinny man approaches his direction before getting shot by the Weeknd. The Weeknd gets closer standing over him, looks down at the body and shoots him again. Another song “Real Life” plays at the end of the video as he walks back to where his car is parked. The Weeknd then gets into the car and starts driving out into the night.

Charts

Certifications

References

1. "The Weeknd Shares Snippet of Kanye West-Produced Song, 'Tell All Your Friends'". Billboard.
2. Beauty Behind the Madness (CD liner notes). The Weeknd. Republic Records. 2015. 50330-5.
3. "Watch Nas Join The Weeknd for 'Tell Your Friends' Remix Performance at Met Gala". Billboard.
4. Wickman, Forrest (August 24, 2015). "The Weeknd Buries His Old Self in the Video for the Kanye West-Produced "Tell Your Friends"". Slate. Retrieved April 9, 2017 – via Slate.
5. "The Weeknd Goes on Murderous Rampage in 'Tell Your Friends' Video". billboard.com. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
6. "Watch the Weeknd Bury Himself in Creepy New Video". rollingstone.com. August 24, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
7. "Watch the Weeknd Dance in the Desert in New 'Tell Your Friends' Video". spin.com. August 24, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
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13. "Hot R&B Singles: Year-End 2015". Billboard. Billboard.com. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
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15. "British single certifications – The Weeknd – Tell Your Friends". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
16. "American single certifications – The Weeknd – Tell Your Friends". Recording Industry Association of America.

v t e The Weeknd songs
Discography 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	"Belong to the World" "Live For" "Wanderlust" "Kiss Land" "Odd Look"
Beauty Behind the Madness	"Tell Your Friends" "Often" "The Hills" "Acquainted" "Can't Feel My Face" "Earned It" "In the Night" "Prisoner"
Starboy	"Starboy" "Party Monster" "False Alarm" "Reminder" "Rockin'" "Secrets" "Stargirl Interlude" "Sidewalks" "Six Feet Under" "A Lonely Night" "All I Know" "Die for You" "I Feel It Coming"
My Dear Melancholy	"Call Out My Name" "Try Me" "Wasted Times" "I Was Never There" "Hurt You"
After Hours	"Alone Again" "Too Late" "Hardest to Love" "Scared to Live" "Snowchild" "Escape from LA" "Heartless" "Faith" "Blinding Lights" "In Your Eyes" "Save Your Tears" "Repeat After Me (Interlude)" "After Hours" "Until I Bleed Out"
Dawn FM	"Gasoline" "How Do I Make You Love Me?" "Take My Breath" "Sacrifice" "Out of Time" "Here We Go... Again" "Is There Someone Else?" "I Heard You're Married" "Less than Zero" "Moth to a Flame"
The Idol	"Double Fantasy" "Popular" "One of the Girls"
Hurry Up Tomorrow	"Dancing in the Flames" "Timeless" "São Paulo"
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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• 2015 songs
• The Weeknd songs
• Contemporary R&B ballads
• Song recordings produced by Illangelo
• Song recordings produced by Kanye West
• Song recordings produced by the Weeknd
• Songs written by Illangelo
• Songs written by Kanye West
• Songs written by the Weeknd
• Songs about Canada
• 2010s ballads