Waking Up Slow

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"Waking Up Slow"
Single by Gabrielle Aplin
from the EP Avalon
Released9 August 2017 (2017-08-09)
Length3:24
Label Never Fade
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Lostboy
Gabrielle Aplin singles chronology
"Miss You"
(2016)
"Waking Up Slow"
(2017)
"That Girl"
(2017)
Music video
"Waking Up Slow" on YouTube

"Waking Up Slow" is a song by English singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It was released through Aplin's record label Never Fade Records on 9 August 2017, as the lead single from her sixth extended play (EP), Avalon . The song was written by Aplin and Peter Rycroft, and produced by Lostboy. The song was released as a piano version on 1 September 2017. [1] [2]

Contents

Music video

The music video for the song was released on 22 September 2017 via YouTube, and was directed by Charlotte Rutherford. [3]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [4] 51
UK Download (OCC) [5] 69

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United Kingdom1 September 2017 Never Fade Records [6]

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