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}} "The Hills" is a song by Canadian singer The Weeknd. The track was released on May 27, 2015 as the second single from his second studio album, ''Beauty Behind the Madness'' (2015); it is also the fifth track on the album. "The Hills" was a critical and commercial success. In the singer's native Canada, the song peaked at number 1. In the United States, where it was a sleeper hit, it also reached number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, replacing his own "Can't Feel My Face", which was released later (only the second artist on the chart to do so, after Rihanna). The song also made the top 10 in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It reached the top 20 in Denmark and Sweden while reaching the top 40 in the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. At the height of the song's popularity, three remixes featuring rappers Eminem, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne were released. ==Critical reception== "The Hills" received critical acclaim, with most reviewers praising The Weeknd's return to form after his pop-oriented direction with "Earned It". James Shotwell of Under the Gun wrote that the single fit well within Abel's prior output, but that "Abel’s ability to create something altogether hypnotic regardless of production never ceases to amaze."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Weeknd Drops "The Hills" )〕 Brian Mansfield of ''USA Today'' noted that "when a song takes its hook from a horror film — Wes Craven's 1977 cult classic ''The Hills Have Eyes'' — you know there's bound to be trouble."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Song of the Week: The Weeknd's 'The Hills' )〕 In an analytical piece for Pitchfork Media, Hannah Giorgis called "The Hills" "a dark, almost discordant meditation on lust, drugs, and fame" while noting that "to those familiar with his repertoire, the only twist in "The Hills" is how it ends: as the final chords fade, a woman’s voice, syrupy and sedate, closes with a lullaby of sorts—not in English, but in Amharic, the primary language of Ethiopia and the Weeknd’s own native tongue." She goes on to trace the song's melodic and lyrical origins to the Ethiopian diaspora. She continues, writing that "the familiarity of Tesfaye’s strained vibrato makes him the inheritor of musical legacies that Abyssinia has birthed for generations..."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Weeknd's East African Roots )〕 In a review for ''The New York Post'', Hardeep Phull wrote that "The “Fifty Shades of Grey” fans who were turned on to () Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) through his hit “Earned It” are in for a shock, because he is in brilliantly sinister form on his new track." Continuing, Phull goes on to say that "When it comes to being a Don Juan with a dark side, this guy makes Christian Grey look like Ned Flanders."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Weeknd gets sinister and more music reviews )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hills (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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