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"Walk on Water"
Song

"Walk on Water" is a song by American rapper Eminem, released on November 10, 2017. It was released as the lead single from Eminem's ninth solo studio album Revival (2017). The song, produced by Rick Rubin and Skylar Grey, features vocals from American singer Beyoncé. It has reached the top 10 in Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as the top 20 in Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Lebanon, New Zealand, Norway, and the United States.

Production

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Beyoncé served as the vocalist for the song.

The song started as a hook written by Skylar Grey.[3] Eminem came across the hook when he was working with Rick Rubin and became enamored of the lyrics.[3] Previously Rubin and Eminem had been discussing the phenomenon of mumble rap, specifically Eminem's frustration with its mainstream popularity, and the hook served as a vehicle for him to vent them.[3] Rubin subsequently played the song for Jay-Z, who was then able to get his wife, Beyoncé, to sing the chorus.[3] Upon the release of the single, Skylar Grey tweeted "This is the song I've been trying to write since age 6. Every time I wrote a song I hoped it would be this good. I am truly proud of everything I've created, but this is the one."[4]

Release and promotion

On November 8, 2017, Eminem tweeted a picture of a doctor's prescription note with the words "'Walk on Water', take as needed" written on it.[5] This has caused speculation that the first single will be titled "Walk on Water".[6][7][8] The fake doctor's note was labeled with the logo for Revival. On November 9, Paul Rosenberg shared a video on Instagram which showcased Trevor the spokesperson for the Revival campaign stating that "you will be able to Walk on Water with Revival at noon EST", confirming the song. An audio and a lyric video was uploaded to Eminem's YouTube channel. As of December 9, 2017, the video has nearly 48 million views and 1 million likes.[9]

Live performances

The song was first performed by Eminem at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards on November 12 with co-producer and writer Skylar Grey on vocals.[10] Both also performed the song on Saturday Night Live on November 18.[11]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Walk on Water" debuted and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 57th entry for both artists on the chart. As a result, they tied with Madonna and The Rolling Stones for the 19th highest amount of overall songs to enter the chart. It also arrived at number 2 on the Digital Songs chart with 64,000 downloads and the Streaming Songs chart at number 15 with 18.3 million streams.[12][13] It is Eminem's first lead single not to chart in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 since 1999.[13]

The song opened the UK Singles Chart at number seven, becoming Eminem's 28th entry to reach the nation's top 10 and Beyoncé's 19th to do so as a credited solo performer.[14] Upon entering at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart, it became the rapper's thirteenth song as a lead artist to reach the top 10 in Australia and first since "The Monster" in 2013.[15] Elsewhere, the song debuted at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart,[16] number nine in Sweden,[17] and number four in Scotland.[18]

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[20] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 32
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[22] 49
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[23] 22
Denmark (Tracklisten)[24] 24
France (SNEP)[25] 13
Invalid chart entered Germany2 16
Hungary (Single Top 40)[26] 19
Hungary (Stream Top 40)[27] 20
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 8
Italy (FIMI)[28] 22
Lebanon Airplay (Lebanese Top 20)[29] 15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] 22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[32] 18
Norway (VG-lista)[33] 16
Philippines (Philippine Hot 100)[34] 84
Portugal (AFP)[35] 24
Scotland (OCC)[18] 4
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[36] 27
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[37] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[38] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[39] 6
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[40] 23

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various November 10, 2017 Digital download
[41]
United States November 14, 2017 Rhythmic contemporary radio [42]
Contemporary hit radio [43]
Italy November 17, 2017 Universal [44]
United Kingdom Polydor [45]

References

  1. ^ Trust, Gary (November 20, 2017). "Post Malone's 'Rockstar' Tops Hot 100, Camila Cabello's 'Havana' Is Top Seller & Imagine Dragons Rule Radio". Billboard. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Cantor, Brian (December 13, 2017). "Eminem & Ed Sheeran's "River" Set For Pop Radio Push". Headline Planet. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Gladwell, Malcom. "Broken Record". Art19 (Podcast). Art19. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  4. ^ @SkylarGrey (November 10, 2017). ""This is the song I've been trying to write since age 6.Every time I wrote a song I hoped it would be this good. I am truly proud of everything I've created, but this is the one."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Mathers, Marshall (November 8, 2017). "pic.twitter.com/VXgVGHK5TN". @Eminem. Retrieved November 8, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "Eminem Teases Possible New Single Called 'Walk On Water'". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  7. ^ b3llydrum (November 8, 2017). "Sounds like the single will be called Walking on Water. Hell yeah!". @b3llydrum. Retrieved November 8, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Gillespie, Curtis (November 8, 2017). "Walk on water- name og 1st track to get released?". @CurtG89. Retrieved November 8, 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ EminemVEVO (November 10, 2017), Eminem - Walk On Water (Audio) ft. Beyoncé, retrieved November 12, 2017
  10. ^ "eminem is performing a new song at the 2017 ema". mtvema. November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  11. ^ "5 Things We Want to See from Eminem on 'Saturday Night Live'".
  12. ^ Trust, Gary (November 20, 2017). "Post Malone's 'Rockstar' Tops Hot 100, Camila Cabello's 'Havana' Is Top Seller & Imagine Dragons Rule Radio". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  13. ^ a b c "Eminem Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  14. ^ Myers, Justin (November 17, 2017). "Camila Cabello sees off Rita Ora to land third week at Number 1 with Havana". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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  29. ^ "Eminem – Lebanese Chart Top 20 History". The Official Lebanese Top 20. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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  40. ^ "Eminem Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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  42. ^ "Top 40 Rhythmic Future Releases". All Access. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
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