"Wow" (stylized as "Wow.") is a song by American rapper and singer

Post Malone Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Known for his variegated vocals, Malone has gained acclaim for blending genres and subgenres of hip ...

. It was released as the first official

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from Post Malone's third studio album, ''

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on December 24, 2018. The song was written by Malone alongside Billy Walsh, Anthoine Walters, Carl Rosen, and producers

Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, ...

and

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. "Wow" peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 songs chart.

Promotion

Post Malone stated earlier in December that he wished to release another "body of work" before the year was over; his previous single was "

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" with Swae Lee, the lead single from the December 2018 movie '' Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' soundtrack.

Critical reception

''HipHop-N-More'' stated that the song felt like "more than just a throwaway", saying it "could be another big moment for Post on the charts and radio". ''

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'' called it one of Post Malone's "most stripped back recordings to date", saying his rapping over a beat is a "stark contrast" to his previous Autotuned vocals and "heavily produced" music. '' Billboard'' magazine said the song "bounces along on a tick-tock beat and deep bass thrum", further describing the song as a chronicle of Post's rise to fame.

Accolades

Commercial performance

"Wow." debuted at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In its third week, it moved up to number 11 before ascending to the top 10, where it peaked at number two, being held off the top spot by "

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on April 6, 2019. It fell to number four the following week. Two weeks later it rose again to its peak of number two, this time blocked by the remix of "

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featuring

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, remaining there for another week, totaling three non-consecutive weeks in the runner-up spot. It remained in the top ten for 24 consecutive weeks.

Remix

The official remix of the song, featuring Compton, Californian rappers

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, premiered on March 15, 2019. There are two versions of audio for the remix. One is the explicit version and the other is the clean edited version, which appears on the various artists compilation album ''Now That's What I Call Music! 71'' (2019) in the United States. The music video for the remix was published on March 25, 2019, on Malone's

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channel. The remix also appears in the soundtrack of the videogame ''

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Music video

The music video for "Wow." was released on March 19, 2019, on Malone's

channel. On the day of the song's release, there was an animated Christmas theme video because it was released the day before Christmas. It features footage of Malone with

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and Mike Alancourt. The video was directed by James DeFina. It has a viewing of 125 million on YouTube as of August 10, 2019. The music video for the remix of the song featuring

and

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was released six days after on March 25, 2019, on Malone's YouTube channel.

Personnel

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– principal vocalist, songwriting *

– production, recording, vocal production, programming, songwriting *

– production, programming, songwriting * Billy Walsh – songwriting * Anthoine Walters - background vocals, songwriting * Carl Rosen - songwriting *

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– mixing * Chris Galland – mixing assistant * Robin Florent – mixing assistant * Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant *

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– featured vocalist, songwriting *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Wow (Remix)

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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Promotion

Critical reception

Accolades

Commercial performance

Remix

Music video

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

References