Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2018
Wow (Post Malone song)
Buy Wow (Post Malone song) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Wow.
| type = single
| cover = Post Malone - Wow.png
| artist = Post Malone
| album = Hollywood's Bleeding
| released =
| recorded = 2018
| genre = Pop-Rap
| length = 2:29
| label = Republic
| writer =
* Austin Post
* Louis Bell
* Adam Feeney
* Billy Walsh
* Anthoine Walters
* Carl Rosen
| producer =
* Louis Bell
* Frank Dukes
| prev_title = Sunflower
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Goodbyes
| next_year = 2019
| misc =
}}
"'Wow'" (stylized as "'Wow.'") is a song by American rapper and singer Post Malone. It was released as the first official single from Post Malone's third studio album, 'Hollywood's Bleeding', via Republic Records on December 24, 2018. The song was written by Malone alongside Billy Walsh, Anthoine Walters, Carl Rosen, and producers Louis Bell and Frank Dukes.
"Wow" peaked at number two on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 songs chart.
Promotion
Post Malone stated earlier in December that he wished to release another "body of work" before the year was over; his previous single was "Sunflower" with Swae Lee, the lead single from the December 2018 movie 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' soundtrack.
Critical reception
'HipHop-N-More' stated that the song felt like "more than just a throwaway", saying it "could be another big moment for Post on the charts and radio". 'NME' called it one of Post Malone's "most stripped back recordings to date", saying his rapping over a beat is a "stark contrast" to his previous Autotuned vocals and "heavily produced" music. 'Billboard' magazine said the song "bounces along on a tick-tock beat and deep bass thrum", further describing the song as a chronicle of Post's rise to fame.
Accolades
Commercial performance
"Wow." debuted at number 47 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100. In its third week, it moved up to number 11 before ascending to the top 10, where it peaked at number two, being held off the top spot by "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande on April 6, 2019. It fell to number four the following week. Two weeks later it rose again to its peak of number two, this time blocked by the remix of "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, remaining there for another week, totaling three non-consecutive weeks in the runner-up spot. It remained in the top ten for 24 consecutive weeks.
Remix
The official remix of the song, featuring Compton, Californian rappers Roddy Ricch and Tyga, premiered on March 15, 2019. There are two versions of audio for the remix. One is the explicit version and the other is the clean edited version, which appears on the various artists compilation album 'Now That's What I Call Music! 71' (2019) in the United States. The music video for the remix was published on March 25, 2019, on Malone's YouTube channel. The remix also appears in the soundtrack of the videogame 'NBA 2K20' (2019).
Music video
The music video for "Wow." was released on March 19, 2019, on Malone's YouTube channel. On the day of the song's release, there was an animated Christmas theme video because it was released the day before Christmas. It features footage of Malone with Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Khaled and Mike Alancourt. The video was directed by James DeFina. It has a viewing of 125 million on YouTube as of August 10, 2019. The music video for the remix of the song featuring Roddy Ricch and Tyga was released six days after on March 25, 2019, on Malone's YouTube channel.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Post Malone principal vocalist, songwriting
* Louis Bell production, recording, vocal production, programming, songwriting
* Frank Dukes production, programming, songwriting
* Billy Walsh songwriting
* Anthoine Walters - background vocals, songwriting
* Carl Rosen - songwriting
* Manny Marroquin mixing
* Chris Galland mixing assistant
* Robin Florent mixing assistant
* Scott Desmarais mixing assistant
* Tyga featured vocalist, songwriting
* Roddy Ricch featured vocalist, songwriting
* Mike Bozzi mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
'Wow (Remix)'
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications
Release history
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"|
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| rowspan="2"| December 24, 2018
| Contemporary hit radio
| rowspan="3"| Republic
|
|-
| Rhythmic contemporary radio
|
|-
! scope="row"| Various
| May 24, 2019
| 7-inch single
|
|}
See also
* List of number-one singles of 2019 (Finland)
* List of number-one singles from the 2010s (New Zealand)
* List of number-one songs in Norway
References
Category:2018 singles
Category:2018 songs
Category:Post Malone songs
Category:Number-one singles in Finland
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
Category:Number-one singles in Norway
Category:Songs written by Post Malone
Category:Songs written by Frank Dukes
Category:Songs written by Louis Bell
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Dukes
Category:Song recordings produced by Louis Bell
Buy Wow (Post Malone song) now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 2018