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Waiting for the Night

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"Waiting for the Night"
SinglebyNelly Furtado
from the albumThe Spirit Indestructible
B-side
ReleasedDecember 14, 2012(2012-12-14)
Recorded2012, 2nd Floor Studios (Fountain Valley, California)
Genre
Length4:29
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
  • Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtadosingles chronology
"Parking Lot"
(2012) 		"Waiting for the Night"
(2012) 		"Pipe Dreams"
(2016)
Music video
"Waiting for the Night"onYouTube

"Waiting for the Night"is a song recorded by Canadian recording artistNelly Furtado.It was written by Furtado and co-written and produced byRodney "Darkchild" Jerkinsfor her fifth studio album,The Spirit Indestructible.Lyrically, the song is about Furtado having a crush on a boy and was inspired by a diary she kept as a sixteen-year-old on a summer vacation onSão Miguel Island,Portugal.

"Waiting for the Night" received generally favorable reviews. Music critics praised the song for being catchy and having a memorable chorus.[citation needed]Some even noted similarities toJennifer Lopez's single ofalmost the same name.Upon release, the song charted in someEuropean countries,such as Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Furtado promoted the song onNRJ Stars for Freeand onThe Voice of Germany.A music video for the song was released on January 8, 2013. It features Furtado in half-face makeup, doing sultry noirish swaying with zombie dancers.

Background and writing

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"Waiting For The Night" was written by Furtado and co-written and produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, who also produced her previous singles, "Parking Lot","Spirit Indestructible",and"Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)".[1][2]It was released as the third European single, on December 14, 2012, inGermany[3]and later in the rest of Europe and Canada.

It is adance-popandelectropopsong with elements ofLatin pop,house music,R&B,andfolkfeaturingaccordionandbagpipes.[4][5]The song begins with a diary entry written by Furtado to introduce the song, featuringharp,bagpipes,sounds of waves and sea gulls. In the chorus she sings: "Day and night / Day and night / You blow my mind / Blow my mind."[6]The songs ends with her father,Antonio Jose Furtado,saying, "Oh, man, that's so rock'n'roll".[2]According to Furtado, it was inspired by a diary she kept as a smitten sixteen-year-old on a summer vacation inSão Miguel Island,Portugal,her parents' birthplace.[1]

Furtado commented about working with "Darkchild" on the album, stating:

Rodney "Darkchild" did eight tracks on my album and we hit it off really big, like it was a real epic moment meeting him, for me. And we were like kids just hanging out in the playground, you know? We really bring out each other's musicality, which I think was key and we were able to explore and be experimental, which I think is really imperative if you want to make a good pop album.[7]

Reception

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Critical reception

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The song received generally favorable reviews frommusic critics.Eric Henderson ofSlant Magazinegave a positive review, writing that "On 'Waiting for the Night,' she snatches the beyond-played-out thrash-dance template (the song's melody and production both recallJennifer Lopez's 'On the Floor') and makes it sound, if not fresh, then at least palpably urgent—that is, until it tags out on a wonky accordion riff. "[4]Robert Copsey ofDigital Spywrote that the song "features the best use of an accordion in pop music sinceThe Wanted's 'Glad You Came'. "[5]For Colin McGuire ofPopMatters,"Waiting For the Night" "sounds a lot like you may think a song named 'Waiting For the Night' may sound. The tribal groove echoes a10-year-old Jennifer Lopez hit,though because of how outdated such a formula is in today’sEDM-filled universe, the whole thing never crosses into the accessibly endearingTop 40orbit for which it longs. "[8]Alexandra Capotorto ofPop Crushcalled it "perhaps the catchiest single to come off the album, and with an easily memorable chorus."[6]

Commercial performance

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"Waiting For the Night" charted in someEuropean countries.InSwitzerland,the song peaked at number twenty-nine on theSchweizer Hitparade,becoming the highest-charting single of the album, surpassing "Spirit Indestructible",which peaked at number thirty-two.[9]InGermany,the song peaked at number twenty-six.[10]InAustria,it charted at number seventy-three on theÖ3 Austria Top 40chart.[11]

Music video

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On December 12, 2012, Furtado posted a picture of herself on the set of the video.[12]Directed by The Seed Collective, the video was released via her officialYouTubechannel on January 8, 2013, at a total length of four minutes and thirty-one seconds.[13]The video features Furtado performing the song in an underground club, while a group of foreign dancers perform the song around her.[14]It first features Furtado in a white belly baring tank and pants, sporting what appears to beDía de los Muertosinspired makeup on only half of her face. The camera then pans to a number of dancers in the same style—only this time, they’re clad in white dresses and doing a choreography. Later, Furtado is dressed up and ready totango.[6]The video featuresSo You Think You Can Dance CanadaSeason 4winner Jordan Clark and runner-up Melissa Mitro as dancers.[15]

Live performances

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Furtado performed the song onNRJ Stars For Free,inZurich,Switzerland, on November 24, 2012.[16]She performed the song onThe Voice of Germany,as a duet with contestant James Borges,[17]as well on La Voix (Québec) with singer songwriterAriane Moffatt.

Track listing

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  • Germany digital download[3]
  1. "Waiting for the Night" – 4:29
  2. "Waiting for the Night" (Live Version) – 3:22
  3. "Big Hoops (Bigger The Better)" (Demolition Crew Remix) – 6:27
  4. "Parking Lot" (Tiësto Remix) – 4:40

Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted fromThe Spirit Indestructiblealbum liner notes.[18]

Technical
Personnel
  • Nelly Furtado—lyrics, lead and background vocals, vocal production, mixing
  • Antonio Jose Furtado—vocals
  • Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins—music, production, vocal production, mixing
  • Roy Bittan—accordion
  • Matt Champlin—recording, mixing
  • Orlando Vitto—recording
  • Greg Morgan—sound design
  • Brandon N. Caddell—engineering assistance
  • Karl Campbell—additional claps

Charts

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Release history

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Country Date Format Label Ref.
Austria December 14, 2012 Digital download Universal [31]
Germany [32]
Switzerland [33]

References

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  1. ^ab"The Spirit Indestructible by Nelly Furtado".Nelly Furtado.com.RetrievedOctober 13,2012.
  2. ^ab"Nelly Furtado – The Spirit Indestructible (CD, Album) at Discogs".Discogs.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  3. ^ab"Waiting For the Night: Nelly Furtado: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads".Amazon.com.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  4. ^abHenderson, Eric (September 17, 2012)."Nelly Furtado: The Spirit Indestructible".Slant Magazine.RetrievedSeptember 22,2012.
  5. ^abCopsey, Robert (September 18, 2012)."Nelly Furtado: 'Spirit Indestructible' - Album review".Digital Spy.RetrievedOctober 13,2012.
  6. ^abcCapotorto, Alexandra (January 8, 2013)."NELLY FURTADO CELEBRATES DAY OF THE DEAD IN 'WAITING FOR THE NIGHT' VIDEO".Pop Crush.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  7. ^Mac, Jon."TheSource.com interviews Nelly Furtado about her new album 'Spirit Indestructible'".The Source.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  8. ^McGuire, Colin (October 17, 2012)."Nelly Furtado: The Spirit Indestructible".PopMatters.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  9. ^ab"Nelly Furtado – Waiting for the Night ".Swiss Singles Chart.Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  10. ^"Nelly Furtado - Longplay- Chartverfolgung".Media Control AG.RetrievedDecember 25,2012.
  11. ^ab"Nelly Furtado – Waiting for the Night "(in German).Ö3 Austria Top 40.Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  12. ^@NellyFurtado (December 12, 2012)."Twitter post"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.[better source needed]
  13. ^@NellyFurtado (January 8, 2013)."Twitter post"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.[dead link]
  14. ^Copsey, Robert (January 8, 2013)."Nelly Furtado unveils 'Waiting for the Night' music video".Digital Spy.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  15. ^"Instagram / Jordan Clark: @melissamitro and I doing Nelly Furtado's music video:D".Instagram.January 20, 2013.RetrievedJanuary 21,2013.
  16. ^"Nelly Furtado - Waiting For The Night Live - Energy Stars For Free 2012".YouTube.RetrievedJanuary 8,2013.
  17. ^"NELLY FURTADO UND JAMES BORGES: WAITING FOR THE NIGHT".The Voice of Germany(in German).RetrievedJanuary 8,2012.
  18. ^The Spirit Indestructible(liner notes).Nelly Furtado.2012Interscope Records/Mosley Music Group,LLC.
  19. ^"Nelly Furtado – Waiting for the Night "(in Dutch).Ultratip.Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  20. ^"Nelly Furtado Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)".Billboard.Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  21. ^"Nelly Furtado Chart History (Canada AC)".Billboard.Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  22. ^"Nelly Furtado Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)".Billboard.Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  23. ^"Nelly Furtado Chart History (Canada Hot AC)".Billboard.Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  24. ^Nelly Furtado — Waiting For The Night.TopHit.Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  25. ^"Nelly Furtado – Waiting for the Night "(in German).GfK Entertainment charts.Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  26. ^"Russia Airplay Chart for 2013-04-01."TopHit.Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  27. ^"ČNS IFPI "(in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic.Note: insert 20135 into search.Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  28. ^"Ukraine Airplay Chart for 2013-05-27."TopHit.Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  29. ^"Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2013"(in Russian).TopHit.Archived fromthe originalon March 28, 2023.RetrievedMarch 28,2023.
  30. ^"Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2013"(in Russian).TopHit.Archived fromthe originalon March 29, 2023.RetrievedMarch 31,2023.
  31. ^"Waiting For The Night (2012) | Nelly Furtado | MP3 Musikdownloads 7digital Österreich".at.7digital.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-29.
  32. ^"Waiting For The Night (2012) | Nelly Furtado | MP3 Musikdownloads 7digital Deutschland".de.7digital.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-29.
  33. ^"Waiting For The Night (2012) | Nelly Furtado | MP3 Musikdownloads 7digital Schweiz".de-ch.7digital.com.Archived fromthe originalon 2013-10-29.
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