Patience (Tame Impala song)
2019 single by Tame Impala
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"Patience" is a song by Australian psychedelic music project Tame Impala. It was released as a single on 22 March 2019 through Modular Recordings.[1] It was written and produced by Kevin Parker, and was his first single since "The Less I Know the Better" in 2015.[2]
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| Single by Tame Impala | ||||
| from the album The Slow Rush (Japanese edition and deluxe box set) | ||||
| Released | 22 March 2019 | |||
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| Length | 4:53 | |||
| Label | Modular | |||
| Songwriter | Kevin Parker | |||
| Producer | Kevin Parker | |||
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, Parker was nominated for Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year for his work on this track.[3] Complex magazine ranked "Patience" as the 25th-best song of 2019,[4] while Billboard ranked it 64th on their list of the best songs of 2019[5] and Triple J ranked it 52nd in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019.[6]
Composition
The track has been characterised as a "psych-disco bop",[7] a "beat-driven, atmospheric soft-rocker",[8] a "yacht rock cruiser",[9] and a "playful, dancey spin on the Perth band's psychedelic pop".[10] According to a press release the song was inspired by 1970s disco and 1990s house. Rolling Stone described the song as Parker singing "airily over a bright, colorful groove".[11]
Promotion
Personnel
- Kevin Parker – vocals, instrumentation, production, mixing, engineering
- Dave Cooley – mastering
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[27] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||