--- description: The song is steamy, of course title: The Weeknd 'Earned It': 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Music image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to The Weeknd's _50 Shades of Grey_ Soundtrack Song "Earned It" by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 23, 2014 4:40 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 23, 2014 4:40 PM CUT When you’re making the soundtrack to the most thrillingly erotic movie _ever_, there are three go-to artists: Beyoncé, [Miguel](http://time.com/3642071/miguel-new-ep/ "undefined") and The Weeknd. So far, the only artist confirmed for the soundtrack is Beyoncé; her incredibly sensual, spooky version of [“Crazy In Love”](http://youtu.be/z4nJX8snP4s "undefined") was featured in the film’s first trailer, while two tracks from her self-titled album— [“Ghost” and “Haunted”](http://time.com/3587360/new-50-shades-of-grey-trailer/ "undefined") — scored the film’s most recent teaser. Now comes news that sultry alt-R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, is also on the soundtrack to the highly-anticipated film, which hits theaters on Valentine’s Day. His contribution, “Earned It,” is in a similar vein to Beyoncé’s darkly dramatic songs — all emptiness, yearning and fervent desire. It’s like he doesn’t know that Jamie Dornan [won’t be fully nude](http://time.com/3556025/christian-grey-50-shades/ "undefined") in the film. Cross your fingers that Miguel is also on the soundtrack. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3645558/the-weeknd-50-shades-of-grey-soundtrack-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3645558/the-weeknd-50-shades-of-grey-soundtrack-song/"},"headline":"Listen to The Weeknd's 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Song \"Earned It\"","datePublished":"2014-12-23T16:40:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:06:23.855Z","description":"The song is steamy, of course","url":"https://time.com/3645558/the-weeknd-50-shades-of-grey-soundtrack-song/","keywords":["movies","Music","50 shades of grey","the weeknd"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3645558/the-weeknd-50-shades-of-grey-soundtrack-song/","name":"Listen to The Weeknd's 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Song \"Earned It\""}}]}] ```