Stop for a Minute (Keane song)

"Stop for a Minute"
"Stop for a Minute"
Single by Keane featuring K'naan
from the EP Night Train
Released	5 April 2010
Genre	Pop
Length	4:07 (album version); 3:42 (radio edit - with rap); 3:35 (radio edit - without rap);
Label	Island
Songwriters	Tom Chaplin; Richard Hughes; Tim Rice-Oxley; K'naan;
Producers	Keane; Fraser T Smith;
Keane singles chronology
K'naan singles chronology
Music video
	"Stop for a Minute" on YouTube

Released5 April 2010

Length

"Stop for a Minute" is the only single from Keane's 2010 EP, and fourth record,^[2] Night Train. The song marks Keane's collaboration with Somali-Canadian rapper, K'naan.^[3] The single was released on 5 April 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 11 April 2010 in the United States.^[4] The song is featured on the soundtrack of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.^[5]

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[7]	31
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[8]	14
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)^[9]	15
European Hot 100^[10]	74
Ireland (IRMA)^[11]	27
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[10]	80
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[12]	14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[13]	35
UK Singles (OCC)^[14]	40
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)^[15]	14

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Italy Airplay (EarOne)^[16]	51
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[17]	59

v t e Keane songs
Hopes and Fears	"Somewhere Only We Know" "Everybody's Changing" "Bedshaped" "This Is the Last Time" "Bend and Break"
Under the Iron Sea	"Atlantic" "Is It Any Wonder?" "Crystal Ball" "Nothing in My Way" "A Bad Dream" "Try Again" "The Frog Prince"
Perfect Symmetry	"Spiralling" "The Lovers Are Losing" "Perfect Symmetry"
Night Train	"Stop for a Minute"
Strangeland	"Silenced by the Night" "Disconnected" "Sovereign Light Café"
The Best of Keane	"Higher than the Sun" "Won't Be Broken"
Other singles	"Call Me What You Like" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "The Night Sky" "Tear Up This Town"

v t e K'naan
Discography
Studio albums	The Dusty Foot Philosopher (2005) Troubadour (2009) Country, God or the Girl (2012)
EPs	More Beautiful Than Silence (2012)
Live albums	The Dusty Foot on the Road (2007)
Singles	"ABCs" "Wavin' Flag" "Is Anybody Out There?" "Hurt Me Tomorrow"
Featured singles	"Stop for a Minute" "Each Tear" "Summer Paradise"
Other songs	"Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)"
Film	Mother Mother (2024)

Track listing