What Took You So Long? [UK CD] [SINGLE] [ENHANCED] [IMPORT]

Emma Bunton

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2001)
• Original Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Enhanced, Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B00005AKNH
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #376,039 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. What Took You So Long

2. (Hey You) Free Up Your Mind

3. Merry-Go Round

4. What Took You So Long (Video)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Long awaited solo debut for Baby Spice! The first release from her 2001 album, 'A Girl Like Me'. Tracks, 'What Took You So Long', two non-LP tracks '(Hey You) Free Up Your Mind', 'Merry Go Round' & the CD-ROM video for the title track. Slimline jewel case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY AMAZING OPENING SINGLE..., April 12, 2001

By A Customer

"What Took You So Long" is an amazing song and the first solo single (not counting the "What I Am" collaboration with Tin Tin Out) by Baby Spice Emma Bunton. The song itself differs greatly from what you might expect from a Spice Girl (not that the Spice Girls don't make good music, I think their music is great). "What Took You So Long" is very guitarry and is spiced a little bit by country sound. The other two tracks on the single are great. Let's have a synopsis on the single, shall we?

1) WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG (RADIO EDIT)- Very guittary country type of song with great vocals by Emma. This song is sure to hit #1 on the radio. Great sound and soft vocals put the finishing touches to it.

2) (HEY YOU) FREE UP YOUR MIND- This song isn't new (Emma performed this song back in 1999 for the Pokemon II soundtrack). It's got a slight guitar sound to it as well as a pop beat. Emma's vocals are pretty good.

3) MERRY GO ROUND- This song is the B-Side to this single and is pure pop. There is no other sound out there to describe this song. It's not a particularly good song, but it's a fun song with a childish poppy sound.

4) WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG (ENHANCED VIDEO)- The video for this single is pretty good. It was filmed in the Mojave Desert in California, USA. In the video, Emma is in a sexy yellow dress and sings as she gyrates up against a wooden fence. She is also seen petting wolves by a fire, laughing at a butterfly flying near her face, and at the end, her boyfriend comes to pick her up and she throws him out of his truck and drives away with it.

Definitely pick up this single if you are or even if you are not, but have been a fan of Emma Bunton.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go Emma!, September 19, 2002

By	Kao Vue (Minneapolis, MN United States) - See all my reviews

I absolutely love this song. It's the best single from her so far. It has the video on it too. So you can listen and watch.
The video was exactly the way I imagine it. Dirt road, waiting for someone to show up and she looks beautiful. Also has two songs that are not on the album. It's a good packaged single.
Definetly, get it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars first single from a 'a girl like me', December 6, 2001

By	carlo seymandi (Italy, Rome) - See all my reviews

What took you so long has been one of the greatest hits in 2001, number 1 in England and in other 15 countries, number 4 in Italy, this song has brought emma to become really very famous.
The vid is wonderful, emma is sexy, explosive. In addition, there are 2 No-LP track.
GO TO GET IT, emma is waiting for you!!!!!!!1 by carlo seymandi