Wiley Flow
{{Short description|Song by British rapper Stormzy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Wiley Flow
| cover = Stormzy - Wiley Flow.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Stormzy
| album = Heavy Is the Head
| released = {{start date|2019|9|15|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = {{duration|m=3|s=27}}
| label =
# Merky- Atlantic
| writer =
- Michael Omari
- Eyobed Getachew
- Richard Kylea Cowie Jr.
| producer =
- EY
- AdotSkitz
- Illmind
| prev_title = Sounds of the Skeng
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = Own It
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|ltNm4MdykBE|"Wiley Flow"}}}}
}}
"Wiley Flow" is a song by English rapper Stormzy, released on 15 September 2019 through #Merky and Atlantic Records as the third single from his second studio album, Heavy Is the Head. The song is a homage to British grime MC Wiley that interpolates flows from his tracks "Bad 'Em Up" and "Nightbus Dubplate".{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/09/16/stormzy-wiley-flow/|title=Stormzy salutes the grandfather of grime on 'Wiley Flow'|website=Fact|last=Bruce-Jones|first=Henry|date=16 September 2019|accessdate=24 September 2019}} The cover art also mirrors his mixtape, Tunnel Vision Vol 1 (2007).{{Cite web|url=https://trenchtrenchtrench.com/news/stormzy-pays-homage-to-wiley-with-merky-new-track-wiley-flow|title=Stormzy Pays Homage To Wiley With Merky New Track "Wiley Flow"|website=trenchtrenchtrench.com|language=en-US|access-date=20 November 2019}}
Critical reception
Writing for Fact, Henry Bruce-Jones called it a salute to the "godfather of grime" on which Stormzy "cribs flows" from Wiley and "go[es] in on" over a "murky instrumental". Karen Gwee of NME labelled it "hard-hitting",{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/hear-stormzy-hard-hitting-new-track-wiley-flow-2548318|title=Hear Stormzy's hard-hitting new track, 'Wiley Flow'|work=NME|last=Gwee|first=Karen|date=16 September 2019|accessdate=24 September 2019}} while Sajae Elder of The Fader described it as Stormzy "racing through a series of number and OG checks ("If you can't do 10K first week then I don't wanna hear no chat about numbers')".{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/15/stormzy-drops-wiley-flow|title=Stormzy drops 'Wiley Flow'|website=The Fader|last=Elder|first=Sajae|date=15 September 2019|accessdate=24 September 2019}}
Music video
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for "Wiley Flow" ! scope="col"| Chart (2019) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Ireland4|30|date=20190927|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 September 2019}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2019-09-20|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=23 September 2019|access-date=24 September 2019}}
| 21 |
|---|
| {{single chart|Scotland|59|date=20190920|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 September 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UK|22|date=20190927|rowheader=true|accessdate=28 September 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UKrandb|25|date=20190920|rowheader=true|accessdate=24 September 2019}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Stormzy|title=Wiley Flow|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|accessdate=4 January 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Stormzy|title=Wiley Flow|award=Gold|relyear=2019|certyear=2022|id=16164-4124-1|accessdate=5 February 2022}}
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References
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{{Stormzy}}
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Category:Atlantic Records singles