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EMMA BUNTON - WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG? (SONG)
Entry:22/04/2001 (Position 48)
Last week in charts:12/08/2001 (Position 41)
Peak:10 (1 weeks)
Weeks:16
Place on best of all time:2349 (419 points)
Year:2001
Music/Lyrics:Richard Stannard
Emma Bunton
Julian Gallagher
Martin Harrington
John Themis
Dave Morgan [II]
Producer:Richard Stannard
Julian Gallagher
World wide:
ch  Peak: 25 / weeks: 25
de  Peak: 36 / weeks: 12
at  Peak: 48 / weeks: 11
fr  Peak: 34 / weeks: 19
nl  Peak: 56 / weeks: 7
be  Peak: 22 / weeks: 11 (Vl)
  Peak: 34 / weeks: 8 (Wa)
se  Peak: 14 / weeks: 19
dk  Peak: 10 / weeks: 9
it  Peak: 9 / weeks: 17
es  Peak: 20 / weeks: 1
au  Peak: 10 / weeks: 16
nz  Peak: 1 / weeks: 22

CD-Maxi
Virgin 8 97462 0 (eu)



CD-Single
Virgin 8974962


TRACKS
02/04/2001
CD-Single Virgin 8974962 (EMI) / EAN 0724389749625
1. What Took You So Long?
3:59
2. Merry-Go Round
3:54
   
16/04/2001
CD-Maxi Virgin 8 97462 0 (EMI) [eu] / EAN 0724389746204
1. What Took You So Long?
3:59
2. (Hey You) Free Up Your Mind
3:21
3. Merry-Go Round
3:54
Extras:
What Took You So Long? (Video)
   

AVAILABLE ON FOLLOWING MEDIA
VersionLengthTitleLabel
Number
Format
Medium
Date
3:59What Took You So Long?Virgin
8974962
Single
CD-Single
02/04/2001
3:44Now That's What I Call Music! 48Virgin
CDNOW48 / 5331592
Compilation
CD
09/04/2001
3:59A Girl Like MeVirgin
CDV2935 / 8103340
Album
CD
13/04/2001
3:59What Took You So Long?Virgin
8 97462 0
Single
CD-Maxi
16/04/2001
3:44Smash! Hits Summer 2001Virgin TV
VTDCD 373
Compilation
CD
28/05/2001
3:44Music: The Definitive Hits Collection Volume 2BMG
MUSICCD2
Compilation
CD
11/06/2001
3:59VIVA Hits 13Warner
8573-89043-2
Compilation
CD
18/06/2001
3:58Voll Ferien! 2001EMM
5344432
Compilation
CD
29/06/2001
3:59Megahits 2001 - Die ZweiteWarner
5873-89738-2
Compilation
CD
13/07/2001
3:59Power Hits 12Virgin
5349232
Compilation
CD
14/09/2001
3:59KuschelRock 15SMM
503329 2
Compilation
CD
22/10/2001
3:59KuschelRock 15 [Special Swiss Edition]Sony
505100 2
Compilation
CD
22/10/2001
3:45Now That's What I Call Music! 30 [ZA]EMI
STARCD6649
Compilation
CD
2001
4:01100% Hits: Winter 2001Warner
8573887172
Compilation
CD
2001
4:01100% Hits: Best Of 2001 + Summer HitsEMI
537079-2
Compilation
CD
2001
3:59Pepsi Chart Hits: Volume 5Rajon
RTV0010
Compilation
CD
15/02/2002
3:44100 Hits - 2000s PopDemon
DMG 100 107
Compilation
CD
23/11/2012
3:43Top Of The Pops 2001-2006Spectrum / UMC
5370460
Compilation
CD
09/09/2016
MUSIC DIRECTORY
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EMMA BUNTON IN AUSTRALIAN CHARTS
Singles

TitleEntryPeakweeks
What Took You So Long?22/04/20011016
Take My Breath Away02/12/2001481
SONGS BY EMMA BUNTON
(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind
2 Become 1
2 Become 1 (Emma Bunton feat. Robbie Williams)
A Girl Like Me
A World Without You
All I Need To Know
All That You'll Be
Amazing
Baby Please Don't Stop
Been There, Done That
Better Be Careful
Breathing
Close Encounter
Come Away With Me (Emma Bunton feat. Josh Kumra)
Coming Home For Christmas
Crickets Sing For Anamaria
Don't Call Me Baby
Don't Tell Me You Love Me Anymore
Downtown
Emotion
Eso beso
Free Me
He Loves Me Not
Here Comes The Sun
High On Love
I Know Him So Well (Melanie C feat. Emma Bunton)
I Only Want To Be With You (Emma Bunton feat. Will Young)
I Wasn't Looking (When I Found Love)
I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
I'll Be There
I'm Not Crying Over Yesterdays
Lay Your Love On Me
Let Your Baby Show You How To Move
Life In Mono
Maybe
Merry-Go Round
Mischievous
No Sign Of Life
Perfect Strangers
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Por Favor
Santa Baby
She Was A Friend Of Mine
So Nice
Something So Beautiful
Something Tells Me (Something's Going To Happen)
Sometimes
Spell It Out
Sunshine On A Rainy Day (Tin Tin Out feat. Emma Bunton)
Take Me To Another Town
Take My Breath Away
Taking It Easy
Tomorrow
Too Many Teardrops
Undressing You
Weird (Tin Tin Out feat. Emma Bunton)
We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight
What I Am (Tin Tin Out feat. Emma Bunton)
What Took You So Long?
Who The Hell Are You
You Are
You're All I Need To Get By (Emma Bunton feat. Jade Jones)
ALBUMS BY EMMA BUNTON
A Girl Like Me
Free Me
Life In Mono
My Happy Place
 
REVIEWS
Average points: 4.28 (Reviews: 166)
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****
Not that bad at all....
******
That's Hot!
******
great
****
Catchy pop track and she deserved her number 1 with this. Her only solo UK#1. 141,135 sold while at #1. <br><br>13 weeks in the UK top 100. <br><br>UK#1 and Ireland#9. <br><br>265,000 copies sold in the UK.
Last edited: 04/01/2021 19:54
*****
Very nice song, relaxing. Emma's best.
******
I really like this song
*****
love it... catchy and radio friendly
*****
Great song.
****
Not too bad.
***
nice, but i can't believe it got to #1 in new zealand - that's an example of the power of airplay at this point in time.
***
Kinda boring but it's never been crappy.
Last edited: 22/06/2011 13:29
****
Solid pop track.
****
Peaked at #7 on my personal chart.<br><br>P = 33
Last edited: 22/02/2024 09:30
****
her last good thing on her so failed solo career
******
6 stars
******
This would be my favourite Spice solo single, but Mel C released "Never Be The Same Again", so unfortunately for Emma this is my second favourite. Not that she'd care, but either way, this song is just so breezy and lovely. Still sounds great today imo.
***
Solid. 3.2.
****
Earlier today (technically yesterday), I was at the shops and thought I heard this song, seeing as I couldn't hear the radio clearly. I moved over to another area, and it turns out the radio was playing Delta Goodrem's "Wings" all along, but in that moment I was reminded of this song, so I'm happy with my poor hearing in that moment.<br><br>I haven't heard this in such a long time, and I still like it as much as I remember liking it 10 years ago.<br><br>I never knew the artist's name, or that she was a Spice Girl either, so that's some new knowledge I know now which I previously didn't know.
****
Indeed this track is very good. Blissful and relaxing just how I like it. Couple that with a sweet vocal and great hook and you have a winner for me. Pleased it managed to scrape a top 10 peak.
****
So nostalgic, chorus is nice through.
Last edited: 26/09/2020 22:55
**
Terrible voice
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