Don't Wait Up (song)

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"Don't Wait Up"
Shakira - Don't Wait Up.png
Single by Shakira
LanguageEnglish
Released16 July 2021 (2021-07-16)
RecordedApril 2021
Genre
Length3:24
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Shakira
  • Ian Kirkpatrick
Shakira singles chronology
"Girl Like Me"
(2020)		"Don't Wait Up"
(2021)		"Te Felicito"
(2022)
Music video
"Don't Wait Up" on YouTube

"Don't Wait Up" is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira. It was released on July 16, 2021 through Sony Music Latin and RCA Records. The song marked Shakira's first completely English single since 2016's "Try Everything". [5]

Contents

Background and release

Shakira initially announced that a single accompanied with a video would be released in July 2021, in the cover story of the July edition of Vogue Mexico . [6] The singer first teased the single on 12 July, on her social media by changing her profile pictures to a summery color palette, the change resulted in the hashtag "Shakira is coming" to trend worldwide on Twitter. [7] Upon the announcement along with the hashtag Shakira's name immediately started trending on Twitter's worldwide trends. [8] On 13 July, the artist shared a 30-second video of what could potentially be the name and part of the lyrics of her future track. [9] Later the same day Shakira revealed the cover artwork and its title.

Reception

Laura English from Music Feeds encapsulated "Don't Wait Up" as "a club-ready banger with a classic EDM beat", calling the phrase "don't wait up" a "classic party line", and described how the song "starts as a slow burn featuring just Shakira’s iconic vocals" before "[building] into a modern-era Shakira bop once the chorus comes in though and the beat is delectable". [10] Scott Croker from Idolator characterized how the song "starts slow being quickly speeding up and introducing listeners to an incredibly infectious and catchy chorus". [4] The song was voted the favorite new music release of the week on a poll by Billboard . [11]

Music video

The music video for the song was released on 16 July 2021. Directed by Warren Fu, it was filmed on the Spanish island of Tenerife in June 2021. [12]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [13]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Don't Wait Up"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [41] 2× Platinum80,000‡
France (SNEP) [42] Gold100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [43] Gold25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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