On My Way (Alan Walker song)

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"On My Way"
Alan Walker - On My Way.png
Single by Alan Walker, Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko
from the album World of Walker
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Released21 March 2019 (2019-03-21)
GenreMoombahton
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alan Walker
Alan Walker singles chronology
"Are You Lonely"
(2019) 		"On My Way"
(2019) 		"Live Fast"
(2019)
Sabrina Carpenter singles chronology
"Pushing 20"
(2019) 		"On My Way"
(2019) 		"Exhale"
(2019)
Farruko singles chronology
"Si se da"
(2018) 		"On My Way"
(2019) 		"Calma (Alicia Remix)"
(2019)
Music video
"On My Way" on YouTube
Music video
"On My Way (alternative) on YouTube

"On My Way" is a song by English-Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, American singer Sabrina Carpenter and Puerto Rican singer Farruko, released as a single on 21 March 2019 through MER and Sony Music. Farruko contributes a Spanish verse.[1]

Background and release[]

The song was written by Julia Karlsson, Gunnar Greve, Franklin Jovani Martinez, Marcos G. Pérez, Fredrik Borch Olsen, Jesper Borgen, Øyvind Sauvik, Anders Frøen and Anton Rundberg alongside Walker, Carpenter and Farruko. The production was done by Alan Walker and Big Fred. Karlsson and Carpenter previously worked together on Carpenter's song "Bad Time".

On 9 March 2019, Alan Walker began teasing the song via his social media.[2] On 14 March 2019, Alan Walker formally announced the song along with its release date.[3] After the announcement of the song, rumours circulated that Sabrina Carpenter and Farruko would feature on the song. Alan Walker confirmed their involvement in the song on 19 March 2019.[4] On 20 March 2019, Walker announced that he partnered with PUBG Mobile for the first anniversary of the game, and that the song would be the event's theme song.[5]

Composition[]

"On My Way" is an EDM song that runs for 3 minutes and 13 seconds.[6] It features Walker's signature future bass sound[7] and lyrically, the song is about getting out of a bad relationship.[8] Walker states in an interview that the song is based on the DJ Okawari song "Flower Dance".

Music video[]

The music video accompanied the song's release, and features a female protagonist (Susanne Karin Moe) searching for "mysterious stones" in order to uncover a lost ancient civilization.[1][9] It was directed by Kristian Berg and reached 80 million views in more than a month after the video was released on YouTube.[10] As of October 2021, it has amassed over 400 million views and 8.2 million likes.[10]

Alternate video[]

On 10 May 2019, the alternative video was posted on Alan Walker's YouTube channel, encouraging viewers to "choose their path" of either two video versions of Carpenter and Farruko in the official alternative music video, both were posted on their respective channels that same day. The two versions of the alternative music video indicated different searches, pieces of evidence, and artefacts that the female protagonist was searching (depending on the viewer's choice) which led to each versions ending with the same outcome, which is the scene where tombstones with stone formations which were laid on the site, that took place a month before the events of the official music video when the artefacts were being unearthed and discovered.[citation needed]

Alan Walker's interactive alternative video received over 1.7 million views (as of 30 December 2020),[11] while Carpenter and Farruko's alternative music videos received over 13 million views[11] and 34 million views,[12] respectively.

Live performances[]

Carpenter and Walker performed the song on Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series.[13]

Track listing[]

Digital download[14]
No.TitleLength
1."On My Way"3:13
Digital download – Da Tweekaz Remix[15]
No.TitleLength
1."On My Way" (Da Tweekaz Remix)3:24

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[43] Gold 40,000double-dagger
Mexico (AMPROFON)[44] Platinum 60,000double-dagger
Poland (ZPAV)[45] Gold 10,000double-dagger
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[46] Platinum 8,000,000dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
dagger Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 21 March 2019
Original MER, Sony [14]
Italy 12 April 2019 Contemporary hit radio [47]
Various 25 June 2019
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Da Tweekaz Remix [15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Fernandez, Suzette (21 March 2019). "Alan Walker, Sabrina Carpenter & Farruko Team Up For 'On My Way': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Instagram post by Alan Walker • Mar 9, 2019 at 6:57 pm UTC". Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2019 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ "Alan Walker on Instagram: '#OnMyWay – March 21