"Wait" is a song by French electronic music band M83. The track was released on 5 December 2012 as the fifth single from their sixth studio album, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming (2011).
| "Wait" | ||||
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| Single by M83 | ||||
| from the album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming | ||||
| Released | 5 December 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Shoegaze[1] | |||
| Length | 5:43 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| M83 singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Wait" on YouTube | ||||
Music video
editA music video was released on 5 December 2012 that was directed by Fleur & Manu[2] and produced by Jules de Chateleux and Jean Davi.[3] A trilogy was successfully made after they finally made this video together with the other two music videos "Midnight City" and "Reunion".[4][5]
Music video description
editThe video for "Wait" is the finale in the trilogy which began with "Midnight City" and continued in "Reunion", concerning a group of children with psychic powers who escaped their shadowy captors in the previous videos.
This video follows the 'antagonist' girl from the second video, having escaped her captors and of her own free will but trapped on an Earth where some kind of cataclysm has taken place and the last few humans left attack and hate each other. She meets a pack of white wolves who seem inquisitive towards her, and leaves with them as a man is chased and attacked by a group of other men and some kind of explosion occurs.
Meanwhile, the main boy from the previous videos and the older blonde boy are somewhere in space travelling asleep in a tetrahedron shape, and they seem to detect the explosion and come to, sensing the Earth's suffering. The girl visits a desert and uses her power to find a droplet of water from within the sand, while the boys' craft travels towards Earth via hyperspace, putting them under considerable physical strain.
On Earth, the girl lives with the pack of wolves in a rainforest (which may have been her own creation from the desert), and she looks to the sky, seemingly sensing the boys' approach. As the tetrahedron approaches the planet, it breaks apart before entering the atmosphere and the boys fall to the surface. The blonde boy is not seen again but the main boy falls through the sky and lands in the rainforest, not far from the girl.
In other media
editThe song was featured in the ninth episode of the television series The Secret Circle in 2011 and in season 5 episode 14 of Gossip Girl, The Backup Dan. The song was also featured in the film Step Up Revolution and in season 1 episode 14 of “Revenge” in 2012.[6]
"Wait" was featured for Turner Classic Movies year end tribute for 2012 "TCM Remembers" which memorialized all of the entertainment personnel that died during the year.
In 2013, the song was featured in the science-fiction drama TV series Under The Dome in episode 7 of the first season.
Norwegian music producer Kygo made a free remix of the song which he released in 2014.[7][8] Later, he released the remix officially as a new edit of it on his fifth album “Kygo”, released in June 2024.
The song was prominently featured in the 2014 film The Fault in Our Stars by Josh Boone, which he requested to be included as one of the songs for the film.[9] Also in 2014, the song was featured at the end of the film Perfect Sisters and in The Vampire Diaries season six, episode five.
The song was used in the 2018 ballet, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.[10] Also, season 1 episode 1 of Netflix Series Ragnarok features this song in the very beginning during the opening.
The song was used in the 2019 PBS American Experience documentary "Chasing the Moon",[11] a film by Robert Stone, which features the human race to the moon for a new generation with conventional mythology[12] and in the 2019 film Five Feet Apart.
Charts
edit| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[13] | 154 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Italy (FIMI)[14] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ Daly, Tom (7 November 2011). "M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming Review". WhatCulture. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ Marine, Joe (6 December 2012). "M83 Concludes Their Serialized Sci-Fi Music Video Trilogy with 'Wait'". No Film School. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Wait (2012) by M83". The Internet Music Video Database. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ "M83 completes trilogy with video for "Wait"". The Georgia Straight. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Hogan, Marc (5 December 2012). "M83 Complete Fantastic Video Trilogy With Sci-Fi 'Wait'". Spin. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Gossip Girl Music - Season 5 - Episode 14". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Kygo". Just Noise To Me. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Kygo. "M83 – Wait (Kygo Remix) Album Cover". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Wickman, Kase (30 May 2014). "'The Fault In Our Stars' Most Emotional Song Was From Director's Own Cancer Experience". MTV News. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ^ Bauer, Claudia (22 April 2018). "San Francisco Ballet – Unbound Festival Program A: works by Alonzo King, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck – San Francisco". DanceTabs.
- ^ "Spotify - PBS/American Experience: Chasing the Moon [The M83 Songs]". Spotify. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Chasing the Moon | American Experience | PBS". PBS.
- ^ "M83 – Wait" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "Italian single certifications – M83 – Wait" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 7 December 2021. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Wait" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
- ^ "British single certifications – M83 – Wait". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 6 October 2021.