"Working" is a song by Canadian singer

Tate McRae Tate Rosner McRae (; born July 1, 2003) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. At the age of thirteen, she gained prominence as the first Canadian finalist on the American reality TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance''. McRae cau ...

and American singer

Khalid Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.

, released on June 17, 2021 by

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. The song was produced by

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

, who also co-wrote the song alongside McRae, Khalid, and

Sarah Aarons Sarah Paige Aarons (born 4 October 1994, previously known as Paige IV and sometimes simply as Sarah) is a songwriter from Bentleigh, Melbourne, Australia. Now based in Los Angeles, Aarons is signed to Sony ATV Publishing. She co-wrote "Stay" by ...

. "Working" peaked within the top 50 in Canada, and also appeared on

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in the United States, Ireland, and Sweden.

Background and release

On June 14, 2021, Tate McRae posted a pre-save link for "Working" to her Twitter account, promising to reveal the release date for the song after 10,000 people pre-saved the single. The following day, both McRae and Khalid announced the release date of "Working" for June 17, 2021. In a press release, McRae wrote that "I usually release a lot of songs that are pretty emotional but this one is just a straight summer bop."

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Shakiel Mahjouri noted a shift on "Working" from McRae's previous "typically emotional tracks", saying that the single "brought upbeat summer heat". Jakori Beauchamp of ''

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'' remarked that "the song covers the confusing dynamic of longing for one another when apart but eager to call it quits when you’re reunited in person".

Music video

Before the release of "Working", McRae teased towards a music video for the song, promising it would be available "very soon". On June 22, 2021, McRae announced via Twitter that the video would be released the following day at 10AM

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. The video begins with McRae at a high school graduation party, and follows her during a summer vacation, where she works as a babysitter, while a failing relationship weighs on her mind.

Credits

Credits adapted from

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and

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Song

– vocals, songwriter *

Khalid Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.

– vocals, songwriter *

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

– producer, songwriter *

– songwriter * Dale Becker – mastering engineer * Denis Kosiak – mixing engineer * James Keeley – engineer * Connor Hedge – assistant engineer * Fili Filizzola – assistant engineer * Hector Vega – assistant engineer

Music video

* Matt Dillon Cohen – director * Daniel Yaro – executive producer * Naby Dakhli – producer * Constantin Preda – first assistant director * Marz Miller – director of photography * Dylan Knight – editor * Josh Bohoskey – colorist * James Troost – steadicam * Tony Jou – chief lighting technician * Mike Koepke – chief lighting technician * Adam Viera – key grip * Gene Balitski –

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* Greg Yaro – production designer * Michelle Dawley – choreographer * Sabrina Rivera – video commissioner

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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