Control (Zoe Wees song)

"Control"
Single by Zoe Wees
from the EP Golden Wings
Released13 March 2020
Recorded2020
GenrePop
Length3:51
LabelValeria Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Patrick Pyke Salmy
  • Emma Sophia Rosen
  • Ricardo Muñoz
  • René Miller
  • Nils Bodenstedt
  • Zoe Wees
Producer(s)
  • Patrick Pyke Salmy
  • Ricardo Muñoz
Zoe Wees singles chronology
"Control"
(2020) 		"Girls Like Us"
(2021)
Music video
"Control" on YouTube

"Control" is the debut solo single by German singer Zoe Wees, from her debut EP Golden Wings. It released by Valeria Music on 13 March 2020 as the lead single from the EP. Written by Wees, Patrick Pyke Salmy, Emma Sophia Rosen, Ricardo Muñoz, René Miller, and Nils Bodenstedt, the song is a power ballad and about the singer's anxiety and lack of control due to her struggles with epilepsy.[1]

Background

After debuting in June 2018 as a featured artist on Moonbootica's single "Hibernating", Wees signed a record deal with the label Valeria Music, a division of Caroline Distribution, and began recording new music in early 2020.[2]

Music video

The song's official video, directed by Dennis Dirksen, was released on 27 March 2020. As of December 2022, the video has 75,191,077 views on YouTube.[3]

Commercial performance

Upon release, the song failed to chart, but in the following months it began to gain popularity on Spotify, entering the viral charts of various European countries.[1][2] During the summer, "Control" reached in the top 40 of Austria,[4] Belgium,[5] Germany,[6] and Switzerland.[7] In October the song peaked at number 1 on the French Radio Singles Chart;[8] in the same month it was certified gold in Italy for moving 35,000 units.[9]

In the United States, after receiving massive airplay, the song peaked at number 22 on the US Mainstream Top 40 and entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 at number 19 on the chart issue dated 31 October 2020.[10][11] In September 2021 it was certified gold in the country for moving 500,000 units.[12]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Control"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[31] Gold 20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[32] Gold 20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[33] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[34] Gold 45,000‡
France (SNEP)[35] Diamond 333,333‡
Germany (BVMI)[36] Platinum 400,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[9] Platinum 100,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[37] Platinum 50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[38] Gold 5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[39] Gold 30,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[40] 3× Platinum 60,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[41] Gold 400,000‡
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[42] Platinum 8,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

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