What Took You So Long?
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"What Took You So Long?" | ||
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Single by Emma Bunton | ||
from the album A Girl Like Me | ||
B-side(s) | "Merry-Go Round" "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind" |
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Released | April 2, 2001 | |
Format | CD single | |
Recorded | Biffco Studios, Dublin | |
Genre | Pop | |
Length | 3:59 | |
Label | Virgin | |
Writer(s) | Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, Dave Morgan | |
Producer(s) | Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher | |
Certification | Gold (ARIA) |
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Chart positions | ||
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Emma Bunton singles chronology | ||
"What I Am" (1999) |
"What Took You So Long?" (2001) |
"Take My Breath Away" (2001) |
"What Took You So Long?" was the second single from Emma Bunton's solo debut album A Girl Like Me. Released in the spring of 2001 in the UK, it debuted and peaked at number one for two weeks on the UK Top 75 Singles, making it her first (and to date only) number-one single. It sold 76,000 copies in its first week, and 246,080 copies altogether. "What Took You So Long?" was the forty-first best seller of 2001. The music video for the song, directed by Greg Masuak, was shot in a California desert Audio sample .
[edit] Track listing
- UK CD single
- "What Took You So Long?" – 3:59
- "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind" – 3:21
- "Merry-Go Round" – 3:54
- "What Took You So Long?" (video)
[edit] Charts
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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UK Top 75 Singles | 1 |
Ireland Top 75 Singles | 9 |
Australia ARIA Top 100 Singles | 10 |
Brazil Hot 100 Singles | 1 |
France Top 100 Singles | 40 |
Germany Top 100 Singles | 36 |
Italy Top 50 Singles | 9 |
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40 Singles | 1 |
Switzerland Top 100 Singles | 25 |
[edit] See also
Studio albums: A Girl Like Me · Free Me · Life in Mono
Singles: "What I Am" · "What Took You So Long?" · "Take My Breath Away" · "We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight" · "Free Me" · "Maybe" · "I'll Be There" · "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" · "Downtown"
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