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Don't Wait Up (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Wait Up
| cover = Shakira - Don't Wait Up.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Shakira
| album =
| language = English
| released =
| genre =
| recorded =
| length = 3:24
| label = * Ace
* Sony Music Latin
* RCA
| writer = * Shakira Mebarak
* Emily Warren
* Ian Kirkpatrick
| producer = * Ian Kirkpatrick
* Shakira
| prev_title = Girl Like Me
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Te Felicito
| next_year = 2022
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Wait Up'" is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira. It was released on 16 July 2021. The song marked Shakira's first completely English single since 2016's "Try Everything".
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'. 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. Upon the announcement along with the hashtag Shakira's name immediately started trending on Twitter's worldwide trends. 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. Later the same day Shakira revealed the cover artwork and its title.
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.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Shakira vocals, songwriting, production
* Ian Kirkpatrick songwriting, production, engineering, recording
* Emily Warren songwriting, vocal production
* Adam Ayan mastering
* Dave Clauss mixing, engineering, recording, vocal production
* Josh Gudwin mixing
* Andros Rodriguez engineering, recording
* Roger Rods engineering, recording
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
Category:2021 singles
Category:2021 songs
Category:Music videos shot in Spain
Category:Songs written by Shakira
Category:Songs written by Emily Warren
Category:Songs written by Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer)
Category:Song recordings produced by Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer)
Category:Shakira songs
Category:Music videos directed by Warren Fu
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