Earned It

"Earned It"
Single by the Weeknd
from the album Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"Where You Belong"
Released	December 23, 2014
Recorded	2014
Studio	Maison de Musique (Santa Monica, California)[1]
Genre	Chamber pop R&B
Length	4:10 (single / soundtrack version) 4:37 (album version)
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Abel Tesfaye Stephan Moccio Jason Quenneville Ahmad Balshe
Producer(s)	Stephan Moccio Jason Quenneville
The Weeknd singles chronology
"Love Me Harder" (2014) "Earned It" (2014) "Drinks On Us (Remix)" (2015)
Fifty Shades soundtrack singles chronology
"Earned It" (2014) "Love Me like You Do" (2015)
Music video
"Earned It" on YouTube

"Earned It", alternatively titled "Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)",^[2] is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. The song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey and was included on the Weeknd's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015).

"Earned It" was lauded by critics upon release, and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the Weeknd's first top five single. The song's popularity made Fifty Shades of Grey the latest soundtrack to generate concurrent top-ten singles with Ellie Goulding's "Love Me like You Do", which also peaked at number three. Its music video was directed by the film's director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, features the film's lead actress, Dakota Johnson, and has the same BDSM theme. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 88th Academy Awards and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. On February 16, 2023, it was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than ten million copies in the United States.