What Took You So Long (radio edit)

~ Recording by Emma Bunton

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13What Took You So Long?3:45Emma BuntonNow That’s What I Call Music! 48Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-04-09
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)7243 5 33159 2 4, CDNOW48
1.13What Took You So Long?3:45Emma BuntonNow That’s What I Call Music! 48Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-04-09
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)7243 5 33159 4 8, TCNOW48
1.13What Took You So Long?3:45Emma BuntonNow That’s What I Call Music! 48Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-04-09
NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead)
1.17What Took You So Long?3:44Emma BuntonThe Best Summer Holiday 2001... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-06-25
Virgin TVVTDCD 390
1.8What Took You So Long?3:45Emma BuntonHit Hammer, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2001-07-02
Zomba (imprint)RTD180.3144.2
1.3What Took You So Long?3:43Emma BuntonTop of the Pops: Summer 2001Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-07-02
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)556 666-2
1.14What Took You So Long?3:45Emma BuntonPepsi Chart 2002Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-10-08
  • US2001-12-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV7243 8 10693 2 5, VTDCD 414
1.3What Took You So Long3:45Emma BuntonNow That's What I Call Music! 30Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!)STARCD6649
1.3What Took You So Long?3:44Emma BuntonSmash! Hits Summer 2001Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Smash Hits (magazine), Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)7243 8 10529 2 1, VTDCD 373
1.18What Took You So Long3:44Emma BuntonLove Album ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCDX 435
1.15What Took You So Long?:??Emma BuntonNOW Summer 2003Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DK2003-06-29
NOW Music (Denmark, compilations)
2.14What Took You So Long3:43Emma BuntonNew Woman: The New Collection 2003Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-08-18
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV7243 5 93252 2 4, VTDCD 576
2.18What Took You So Long3:43Emma BuntonThe Very Best of Funky DivasVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-12-01
Telstar TVTTVCD3364
1.14What Took You So Long3:44Emma BuntonParty PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 593223 2 2, 7243 593224 2 1, 7243 593225 2 0, 7243 593226 2 9
1.13What Took You So Long?3:47Emma BuntonThe No.1 DJ Collection: 2000's, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CD343
3.18What Took You So Long (radio edit)3:45Emma Bunton100 Hits: UK No. 1sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-10-15
100 Hits, Demon Music GroupDMG 100 100
1.16What Took You So Long?3:43Emma BuntonTop of the Pops: 2001–2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-09-02
Syco Entertainment, Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)00600753704608, 5370460
3.13What Took You So Long?3:44Emma BuntonThe No.1 DJ Collection: 2000s (Digital Collection)Various ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMusic Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)SET474

Relationships

producer:Julian Gallagher (songwriter, producer)
Richard “Biff” Stannard
recording of:What Took You So Long?

What Took You So Long?

writer:Emma Bunton
Julian Gallagher (songwriter, producer)
Martin Harrington
Dave Morgan (songwriter)
Richard “Biff” Stannard
John Themis