Wait a Minute!

"Wait a Minute!" is a single by Willow, taken from her second album Ardipithecus.[2] It was released alongside its parent album by Roc Nation on December 11, 2015.[3] The song's lyrics were written by Willow and producer James Chul Rim, while music and production were handled by Chul Rim and Jta.[4]

"Wait a Minute!"
Single by Willow
from the album Ardipithecus
ReleasedDecember 11, 2015
Genre
Length3:16
LabelRoc Nation
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jta
Willow singles chronology
"Why Don't You Cry"
(2015)
"Wait a Minute!"
(2015)
"Romance"
(2017)

Commercial performance

"Wait a Minute!" saw little success upon release in 2015. It wouldn't be until four years later that it would start to gain traction. In spring 2019, the track inspired the #HereRightNow dance challenge on the social media platform TikTok, where it went viral.[5] As of September 2020, the song has been used in over 1.8 million videos on TikTok and been streamed over 200 million times on Spotify.[6][7]

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 23

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Silver 200,000
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold 500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Kivel, Adam (December 16, 2015). "Willow – Ardipithecus". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. "Willow Smith's Ardipithecus Is Too Precocious for Its Own Good". Vulture. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. Lindner, Emilee (December 21, 2015). "8 LYRICS FROM WILLOW'S ALBUM THAT'LL HAVE YOU DEEP IN THOUGHT". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  4. "Credits / ARDIPITHECUS / WILLOW". TIDAL. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  5. "Dance Like Nobody's Watching With The #HereRightNow TikTok Challenge". StayHipp. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. Willow, Wait a Minute! created by Willow | Popular songs on TikTok, retrieved 2020-09-12
  7. Wait a Minute!, retrieved 2020-09-12
  8. "Ultratop.be – Willow – Wait a Minute!" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "British single certifications – Willow – Wait a Minute". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  10. "American single certifications – Willow – Wait a Minute". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 5, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 


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