Save Your Tears
The Weeknd
2021
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2020
Release: 2020Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 2020 release history of After Hours. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2021.html, 2022.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
After Hours - original 2020 program and earlier 2019 singles
The original album retains Heartless and Blinding Lights as November 2019 releases before the 2020 album. In Your Eyes, Save Your Tears and the title recording use their original solo productions; later guest remixes are separate.
Save Your Tears - separately credited 2021 Ariana Grande remix
The 2021 single explicitly credits The Weeknd & Ariana Grande and labels the recording Remix. It is used only to distinguish that actual annual joint-credit candidate from the selected 2020 solo recording and its own retained annual ID.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song is part of The Weeknd's concept album "After Hours," which explores themes of excess and self-loathing.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2021.html, position 3
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2021.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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