What Are You Waiting For? (The Saturdays song)

"What Are You Waiting For?"
Single by The Saturdays
from the album Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits
B-side "When Love Takes Over"
Released 10 August 2014
Format
Recorded 2013
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:28
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
The Saturdays chronology
  • "What Are You Waiting For?"
  • (2014)
Music video
"What Are You Waiting For?" on YouTube

What Are You Waiting For? is a song by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was co-written by Uzoechi Emenike, Carla Marie Williams, Annie Yuill, Florrie Arnold, Tim Deal, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tove Nilsson, Luke Fritton, Matt Gray, Gavin Harris, Nick Hill and Toby Scott, and produced by Xenomania and Higgins. It was released on 10 August 2014, as the lead and only single from the group's first compilation album, Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits (2014).

The song charted at number 38 in the UK, making it their lowest-charting single to date. However, it peaked at number 25 on the Official UK Sales Chart and number 31 on the Downloads Chart. The song also gave the group their seventeenth top 20 hit in Scotland and eighteenth UK Top 40 single out of the 18 singles they have released.

Music video

The music video was filmed in Rhodes, Greece. The video shows the group partying whilst holidaying at a resort.[1] Speaking to Capital FM, Frankie Sandford said,

It was [The Saturdays'] first two-day video shoot which was cool. We got to go away to Rhodes with First Choice, which was great. It just so happens the one that we had to shoot on the beach was stretched over two days, which was no bad thing![2]

The video was released on 29 June 2014.[3] Capital FM reviewed the video positively and called it a "serious scorcher."[4]

Critical reception

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics and fans alike.[5] Lewis Corner of Digital Spy found the song to be generic, but hugely enjoyable. He gave the song 3.5 stars out of 5, and commented the song "is dazzling LOL-pop with a brilliantly electrifying chorus, pose-worthy drops and suitably obvious lyrics about having the time of your life." In an otherwise factual dissection of the video, Daily Mail's Jason Chester praised the "catchy track’s upbeat mood."[6] In addition, Tina Campbell of Metro said it was "enough to make you want a girlie [sic] holiday, like, right now."[7]

Track listings

CD single

(Released 8 Aug, 2014)

  1. "What Are You Waiting For?" – 3:25
  2. "When Love Takes Over" – 3:51
  3. "Greatest Hits Megamix" – 7:41
  4. "What Are You Waiting For?" (LuvBug Radio Edit) – 3:18

Digital download

(Released 8 Aug, 2014)

  1. "What Are You Waiting For?" – 3:25

Digital EP

(Released 8 Aug, 2014)

  1. "What Are You Waiting For?" (LuvBug Radio Edit) – 3:18
  2. "When Love Takes Over" – 3:51
  3. "Greatest Hits Megamix" – 7:41
  4. "What Are You Waiting For?" (The Alias Radio Edit) – 3:40
  5. "Greatest Hit Megamix (Video)" – 7:47 Pre-Order Only

The Remixes EP

(Released 8 Aug, 2014)

  1. "What Are You Waiting For?" (Belanger Club Mix) – 4:35
  2. "What Are You Waiting For?" (LuvBug Club Mix) – 4:32
  3. "What Are You Waiting For?" (The Alias Club Mix) – 5:22

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
scope="row" Ireland (IRMA)[8] 89
scope="row" Scotland (Official Charts Company)[9] 12
scope="row" UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 38

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Ireland 8 August 2014
United Kingdom

References

  1. ↑ Fletcher, Harry (7 June 2014). "The Saturdays shoot new music video in Greece - images". Digital Spy. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 25th June 2014, 15:20 (2014-06-25). "The Saturdays Tease New Song 'What Are You Waiting For': "It's In Your Face!"". Capital FM. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  3. ↑ "The Saturdays - What Are You Waiting For?". YouTube. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 30th June 2014, 13:09 (2014-06-30). "The Saturdays - 'What Are You Waiting For?': Music Video". Capital FM. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  5. ↑ 26th June 2014, 11:20 (2014-06-26). "The Saturdays' New Song Has Arrived... And It's Gone Down Very Well With #TeamSats". Capital FM. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  6. ↑ Jason Chester. "The Saturdays strip down to their swimwear for new single What Are You Waiting For | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  7. ↑ Tina Campbell (2014-06-30). "The Saturdays premiere video for new single What Are You Waiting For | Metro News". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  8. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 33, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
  9. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-08-23". Scottish Singles Top 40.
  10. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2014-08-23" UK Singles Chart.

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