What Took You So Long?
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| Single by Emma Bunton from the album A Girl Like Me |
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| B-side | "Merry-Go Round", "(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind" | ||||
| Released | 2 April 2001 (UK) | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | Biffco Studios (Dublin) |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:59 | ||||
| Label | Virgin | ||||
| Writer(s) | Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, Dave Morgan | ||||
| Producer | Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher | ||||
| Certification | Gold (ARIA) | ||||
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"What Took You So Long?" is a pop song written by English singer-songwriter Emma Bunton, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Martin Harrington, John Themis, and Dave Morgan for Bunton's debut solo album, A Girl Like Me (2001). Released as the album's lead single in April 2001 in the United Kingdom, it debuted and peaked at number one for two weeks on the UK Singles Chart, making it her first—and so far only—number-one single. It sold 76,000 copies in its first week, and 250,367 copies altogether. "What Took You So Long?" was the UK's forty-first best seller of 2001. The music video for the song, directed by Greg Masuak, was shot in the Mojave Desert.
[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)
- European CD single
- "What Took You So Long?" - 3:59
- "Merry-Go Round" - 3:54
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 10 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40 | 48 |
| Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 34 |
| German Singles Chart | 36 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 9 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 1 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 14 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 25 |
| United World Chart | 5 |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 |
| Preceded by "Pure and Simple" by Hear'Say |
UK Singles Chart number-one single 8 April 2001 – 22 April 2001 |
Succeeded by "Survivor" by Destiny's Child |
| Preceded by "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink |
RIANZ (New Zealand) number-one single July 1, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Follow Me" by Uncle Kracker |
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