


The song has additionally achieved a top 5 position on the national CHR and Hot AC airplay charts, and has been certified gold by Music Canada. In Canada, the song has peaked at number seven on the Canadian Hot 100, passing " Life of the Party" as his highest-peaking single in his home country. It also reached the top 10 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 national airplay charts. The song debuted at number thirty four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and later peaked at number six, making it Mendes' second top 10 single. The video has received over 2.0 billion YouTube views as of late December 2020, and is one of the site's 60 most-watched videos. The music video also stars Devon Aoki's half sister Ellie Stuart Hunter played with a guitar, drums and tambourines. The video ends displaying the number for the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The video shows a girl being abused by her boyfriend in various situations, while Mendes hopes to be with her and struggles to understand why she prefers to be in that relationship. It features a plot revolving around a situation of violence between couples. The music video was released on July 12, 2016. The New York Times 's Jon Caramanica named it the eighth best song of the year. and has a tempo of 83 beats per minute.īillboard ranked "Treat You Better" at number 42 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list. The song is written in the key of B ♭ minor.
