“Save Your Tears” is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). It was released to Dutch contemporary hit radio on August 9, 2020, as the album’s fourth and final single. The song was written and produced by the Weeknd, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter, with Belly and DaHeala receiving additional writing credits.
In the United States, the solo version peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. A remix with American singer Ariana Grande was released on April 23, 2021, and propelled the song to number one on the Hot 100, marking both artists’ sixth number-one single on the chart. This also made After Hours the first album since Drake’s Scorpion in 2018 to have three singles from the same album to reach number one. The song has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
“Save Your Tears” was the best-selling global single of 2021, earning 2.15 billion subscription streams equivalents globally according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). “Save Your Tears” and its remix with Grande peaked at number one in 18 countries and reached the top ten in 33 others. In the Weeknd’s native country Canada, the remix peaked at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, where it became both the Weeknd and Grande’s sixth chart-topper. The remix also peaked at number one on the Billboard Global 200, becoming the Weeknd’s first number-one single on the chart and Grande’s second.
