Patience (KSI song)
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| Single by KSI featuring Yungblud and Polo G | ||||
| from the album All Over the Place | ||||
| Released | 12 March 2021 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
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| "Patience" on YouTube | ||||
"Patience" is a song by British YouTuber and musician KSI featuring fellow British musician Yungblud and American rapper Polo G. It was released for digital download and streaming by RBC Records and BMG on 12 March 2021 as the third single from the former's second studio album, All Over the Place. The artists wrote the song alongside Digital Farm Animals, Red Triangle, YAMI, S-X, Diego Ave, Yoshi, Peter Jideonwo, and producer Matt Schwartz.
The song received positive reviews from music critics. It debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart and it has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for exceeding sales of 400,000 units in the UK. The song entered the singles charts of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden. The music video was released on 15 March 2021. An acoustic version was released one week after the release of the song, excluding Polo G.
Release and promotion
"Patience" was released for digital download and streaming by RBC Records and BMG on 12 March 2021 as the third single from KSI's second studio album. The song's cover art depicts the three artists as cartoon characters, standing around an hourglass in the centre of a purple background. An audio video was released to KSI's YouTube channel on the same day as the song's release.[2] A lyric video was released to Yungblud's YouTube channel one day later.[3]
An acoustic version of "Patience" was released alongside an audio video on 19 March 2021.[4]
Music video
The music video for "Patience" was co-directed by Troy Roscoe and Nayip Ramos. It premiered on KSI's YouTube channel on 15 March 2021.[5] A behind-the-scenes video of the music video shoot was released by MTV two days before.[1] KSI uploaded a reaction video in which he and Yungblud watch the music video to YouTube on 29 March 2021.[6]
Commercial performance
In the United Kingdom, "Patience" was the most downloaded song of that week. It debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart, making it the highest-placed new entry of that week.[7][8] It stood as KSI's sixth UK top 10 single and first for Yungblud and Polo G.[7] On 12 December 2025, "Patience" was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for exceeding sales of 400,000 track-equivalent units in the UK.[9] On 9 August 2022, Music Week reported that "Patience" has sold 331,573 units in the UK.[10]
In Ireland, "Patience" debuted at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart, making it the highest-placed new entry of that week.[11][12] Elsewhere in Europe, the song charted at number 37 in Denmark, number 15 in Hungary, number 85 in Lithuania and number 37 in Norway. In Australia, "Patience" debuted at number 61 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[13] In Canada, "Patience" debuted at number 94 on the Canadian Hot 100. In the United States, "Patience" peaked at number five on the Digital Songs Sales charts and earned KSI a spot on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. "Patience" charted at number 102 on the Billboard Global 200 chart.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[14]
- KSI – songwriting, vocals
- Yungblud – songwriting, vocals
- Polo G – songwriting, vocals
- Matt Schwartz – production, songwriting
- Digital Farm Animals – songwriting
- Red Triangle – songwriting
- YAMI – songwriting
- S-X – songwriting
- Diego Ave – songwriting
- Yoshi – songwriting
- Peter Jideonwo – songwriting
- John Hanes – engineering
- Serban Ghenea – engineering
- Joe LaPorta – engineering
- Chris Greatti – production, engineering (acoustic version only)
Charts
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[13] | 61 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders R&B/Hip-Hop)[15] | 47 |
| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia Airplay)[16] | 50 |
| Canada Hot 100 (Billboard)[17] | 94 |
| Croatia (HRT)[18] | 36 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] | 37 |
| Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[20] | 2 |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[21] | 102 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[22] | 15 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[23] | 8 |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[24] | 85 |
| Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[25] | 19 |
| Netherlands (Single Tip)[26] | 8 |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[27] | 4 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[28] | 37 |
| Slovakia Airplay (ČNS IFPI)[29] | 75 |
| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[30] | 5 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[31] | 3 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[32] | 5 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[9] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||