Peak
31
Weeks
17
Score
884
Chart Year
2016
The music video for "Reminder", directed by Kid Studio, premiered via the Weeknd's Vevo channel on February 16, 2017.[4] It features cameo appearances from Drake, ASAP Rocky, Travis Scott, Bryson Tiller, YG, French Montana, Metro Boomin, Belly, Nav, Derek Wise, and the Weeknd's co-manager Amir "Cash" Esmailian.[4] As of March 2023, the video has accumulated 385 million views.[5] The video received four nominations at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards; Video of the Year, Best Direction, Best Art Direction and Best Editing
This song is The Weeknd's response to his longtime fans who suggested that his previous album Beauty Behind the Madness was too commercial. The Toronto native reminds his critics that his new direction was award-winning and commercially successful. He references the breakout success of "Can't Feel My Face," a song about doing coke, which was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award nomination. I just won a new award for a kids show Talking 'bout a face coming off a bag a blow. The track actually lost to Adele's "Hello" at the ceremony, but The Weekend is able to boast at his ability to get dark drug-filled songs into the mainstream. The Weeknd released a video for this song on February 16, 2017 - his 27th birthday. The star-filled clip features appearances by A$AP Rocky, French Montana, Travis Scott, Bryson Tiller, and another very famous Canadian artist: Drake. Seems any beef between Drake and The Weeknd has been settled - their relationship turned frosty when Mr. Tesfaye formed his own label with Universal Music Group (XO) instead of signing to Drake's OVO label. The song's remix features additional verses by A$AP Rocky and Young Thug. While the Weeknd's verse remains the same Flocko and Thugger contribute some new rhymes. It's The Weeknd's first collaboration with Rocky, although he worked with Young Thug previously on the remix of Jeremih's "Pass Dat." "Reminder" started trending on TikTok in early 2023 as users shared selfie videos while lip-syncing to the song's controversial lyric, "Got a sweet Asian chick, she go low man (lo mein)
Know me, you know, me Oh-h-h-h-h Know me, you know, me Oh, na-na-na-na-na-na Know me, you know, me Whoa Know me, you know, me (na-na-na-na-na-na) I used to pray to hear my songs on the radio Growing up, my foot was only after kickin' doors Keep sixty bitches backstage, at like every show Ain't no more Hanes on my balls, these are Kenneth Cole All these squares in my pictures, yeah we croppin' those Let 'lil shawty lick my dick, I had my boxers on Everybody 'round me poppin', bitch we kettle corn Private, PJ on the e-way with the P-1 Carat and a half dripping on my neck, son Take a bubble bath with a rapper's baby mom Young dirty nigga rocking, wylin' like a swamp Yeah, I just fucked up last up night, didn't tell em' my name All these hip-hop rappers down to be Drake All my double cups purple like the soul plane (na-na-na-na-na) Diamonds on me loud, got you silent Got her bouncing on this dick like hydraulics 'Cause you know me, you know me You know me, you know me You know me, you know me Every time you try to forget who I am I'll be right there to remind you again You know me (pow! pow!), you know me Record man play my song on the radio You too busy tryna find that blue-eyed soul I let my black hair grow and my weed smoke And I swear too much on the regular We gone let them hits fly, we gone let it go If it ain't XO then it gotta go I just won a new award for a kids show Talking 'bout a face numbing off a bag of blow I'm like, goddamn, bitch, I am not a Teen Choice Goddamn, bitch, I am not a bleach boy Whip game, make a nigga understand though Got that Hannibal, Silence of the Lambo Hit the gas so hard make it rotate All my niggas blew up like a propane All these R&B niggas be so lame Got a sweet Asian chick, she go Lo Mein You know me, you know me, you know me Every time you try to forget who I am I'll be right there to remind you again You know me (pow! pow!), you know me Ugh Young, young nigga , same OG, stayin' low-key Stayin' ten toes deep Both feet says G (says) Maybe B says I'm a G I'm a weakness, like The Weeknd, on the remix I beg your pardon It's true, the rumors that they start 'gone make us break apart Assuming they've influenced all this sudden change of heart (change of what?) The voice recording take off with the whole thing 'mind them that they know me No way you think if ever I decide to cut my hair like Abel did Like Jaden Smith, I'll probably walk around a day with it Okay, you lame, I'm a-okay with it Might take the paper around my old ways 'mind them that they know me 'Cause, you know me, you know me You know me, you know me Every time you try to forget who I am I'll be right there to remind you again You know me (pow! pow!), you know me
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 17, 2016 | 31 | 95 |
| 2 | Dec 24, 2016 | 50 | 76 |
| 3 | Dec 31, 2016 | 78 | 48 |
| 4 | Jan 7, 2017 | 95 | 31 |
| 13 | Mar 11, 2017 | 77 | 49 |
| 1 | Dec 17, 2016 | 97 | 29 |
| 2 | Dec 24, 2016 | 87 | 39 |
| 3 | Dec 31, 2016 | 93 | 33 |
| 4 | Jan 7, 2017 | 91 | 35 |
| 5 | Jan 14, 2017 | 99 | 27 |
| 6 | Jan 21, 2017 | 90 | 36 |
| 7 | Jan 28, 2017 | 100 | 26 |
| 8 | Feb 4, 2017 | 73 | 53 |
| 9 | Feb 11, 2017 | 65 | 61 |
| 10 | Feb 18, 2017 | 76 | 50 |
| 11 | Feb 25, 2017 | 87 | 39 |
| 41 | Sep 23, 2017 | 99 | 27 |