Wild (MoStack song)

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"Wild"
Wild MoStack single cover.jpg
Single by MoStack
from the album Stacko
Released2 May 2019
Genre British hip hop, Afroswing
Length3:07
Label Virgin EMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • ADP
MoStack singles chronology
"Daily Duppy"
(2019)
"Wild"
(2019)
"Shine Girl"
(2019)

"Wild" is a song by British rapper MoStack. Following its premiere as BBC Radio 1 DJ Jack Saunders' Hottest Record, [1] it was released as the lead single from MoStack's debut studio album Stacko through Virgin EMI on 2 May 2019; [2] where it peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] The song was written by Montell Daley, Amish Dilipkumar Patel, and Lionel Richie, and produced by ADP. [2] The song samples "Easy" by Commodores (written by Lionel Richie). [4]

Contents

Track listing

Digital download [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild"3:07

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
UK R&B (OCC) [5] 17
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 41

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