What Took You So Long?

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"What Took You So Long?"
Single by Emma Bunton
from the album A Girl Like Me
B-side(s)	"Merry-Go Round" "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind"
Released	2 April 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)
Chart positions
#1 (Brazil, New Zealand, UK) #10 (Australia)
Emma Bunton singles chronology
"What I Am" (1999)	"What Took You So Long?" (2001)	"Take My Breath Away" (2001)
Audio sample
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"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 Singles Chart, 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.

[edit] Track listing and format

These are the format and track listing of major single releases of "What Took You So Long?".

• UK CD single

1. "What Took You So Long?" – 3:59
2. "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind" – 3:21
3. "Merry-Go Round" – 3:54
4. "What Took You So Long?" (video)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	10
Austrian Singles Chart	48
Brazil Hot 100 Singles	1
French Singles Chart	34
German Singles Chart	36
Irish Singles Chart	9
Italian Singles Chart	9
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	14
Swiss Singles Chart	25
United World Chart	5

[edit] See also

• List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)