Secrets (The Weeknd song)

"Secrets"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Starboy
ReleasedNovember 10, 2017 (2017-11-10)
StudioConway Recording Studios[1]
Genre
Length4:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Die for You"
(2017) 		"Secrets"
(2017) 		"Pray for Me"
(2018)
Music video
"Secrets" on YouTube

"Secrets" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd from his third studio album Starboy (2016). The song was written and produced by the Weeknd, Martin "Doc" McKinney, and Henry "Cirkut" Walter, with Dylan Wiggins, Roland Orzabal, Coz Canler, Jimmy Marinos, Wally Palamarchuk, Mike Skill, and Peter Solley receiving writing credits for the sampling of the new wave songs "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears and "Talking in Your Sleep" by the Romantics.[5] "Secrets" was released to radio in Italy on November 10, 2017, as the album's final international single.[6]

  1. ^ Starboy Credits (PDF). November 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (April 3, 2018). "The Weeknd: My Dear Melancholy, EP Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Reeves, Mosi (November 28, 2016). "Review: The Weeknd's 'Starboy'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 13, 2019. Instead, he stuffs Starboy with dreary alt-R&B boilerplates and arch New Wave near misses. Among the latter is "Secrets"
  4. ^ "The Weeknd's "Secrets" Samples Tears For Fears & The Romantics". Stereogum. November 23, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Romantics' Mike Skill on The Weeknd Reviving 'Talking in Your Sleep' on 'Starboy': 'There's a Thirst for the '80s'". billboard.com. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Weeknd - Secrets (Radio Date: 10-11-2017)" (in Italian). EarOne. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 6, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)