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The Weeknd’s ‘Call Out My Name’ Video Reaches 1 Billion YouTube Views

The song was released back in 2018.

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The Weeknd added yet another music video to YouTube’s Billion Views Club, as the “Call Out My Name” visual surpassed the milestone. The achievement marks the star’s sixth music video to surpass one billion views.

In the 2018 clip, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) wanders an empty road at dusk, before bats explode from his head at the chorus. “So call out my name/ Call out my name when I kiss you so gently/ I want you to stay,” he sings in the hook.


He then appears on a stage against a blank screen and walking among a fire-filled landscape with its animal inhabitants frozen. He then catches the attention of a creepy woodland creature, who also appears at the end of the clip, staring into the camera from an apartment balcony.

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Upon its release, “Call Out My Name,” peaked at No. 4 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and No. 3 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It also reached No. 14 on the US Rhythmic chart and was certified three-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The track appears on The Weeknd’s 2018 EP, My Dear Melancholy, which topped both the all-genre Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

To celebrate The Weeknd’s latest accomplishment, watch the “Call Out My Name” music video below.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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