| "Stop for a Minute" | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Keane featuring K'naan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Night Train | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 5 April 2010 (See Release history) |
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| Genre | Synthpop | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 4:07 (album version) 3:42 (radio edit - with rap) 3:35 (radio edit - without rap) |
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| Label | Island | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tom Chaplin, Richard Hughes, Tim Rice-Oxley, K'naan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Keane / Fraser T Smith | |||||||||||||||||||
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"Stop for a Minute" is the first single from Keane's 2010 EP, and fourth record,[1] Night Train. The song marks Keane's collaboration with Somali-Canadian rapper, K'naan.[2] The single was released on April 5, 2010 in the United Kingdom and on April 11, 2010 in the United States.[3] The song is featured on the soundtrack to the videogame, PES 2011.[4]
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Ryan Brockington of the New York Post praised the song, calling "Stop for a Minute" "just as brilliant as their game-changing album Night Train."[3]
Nick Levine of the Digital Spy also gave a positive review for the song, saying that:"'Stop For A Minute' is a stylish electropop tune whose perky exterior hides some surprising desperate lyrics (["Without you I'm a liner stranded in an ice floe"]). It's even got a rap - {courtesy of rapper K'Naan} - that features a neat use of the word 'cuticles'. Oh, and you know how your best mate's mum can still rustle up a killer plate of spag bol? Well, in much the same way, Keane still have a nack for a socking great chorus."[5]
The video begins with shots of a London streetscape (looks to be in the Aldgate or Whitechapel area of London) ,[1] before entering an upscale pub. Keane frontman Tom Chaplin and K'naan are shown singing in the bar while surrounded by patrons enjoying their night, a contrast to some of the song's lyrics.[1]
The song debut at number forty on the UK Singles Charts, making their tenth top-forty hit and their highest chart single since Spiralling.[6]
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] | 31 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[8] | 14 |
| Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[9] | 15 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[10] | 27 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] | 14 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[12] | 40 |
| UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)[13] | 14 |
| European Hot 100[14] | 74 |
| Japan Hot 100[14] | 80 |
| Country | Date |
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| United Kingdom | 5 May 2010 (digital)[15] |
| United Kingdom | 10 May 2010 (physical)[16] |
| United States | 11 May 2010[3] |
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