The Weeknd Recorded 67 Different Versions Of “The Hills”

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“The Hills” remains one of the biggest hits of The Weeknd’s career, sitting at 11x Platinum certification after peaking at No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. While the final product was a smash, The Weeknd revealed in a new Variety interview that it went through an extensive revision process after a SoundCloud snippet blew up. “There are 67 versions of ‘The Hills,’ arguably one of my biggest songs,” he said. “I premiered [a demo] at a South by Southwest [party in 2015] as part of the rollout of Beauty Behind the Madness.

I played it over the speakers, I was like ‘Let’s play it, just for fun, to get fans excited.’ That version was called ‘Mood Music’ — [longtime friend and creative director] Lamar [Taylor] recorded it on his phone, it was