Hesitate (Calvin Harris and Neriah Fisher song)

"Hesitate" is a song by Scottish record producer Calvin Harris and American singer-songwriter, Neriah Fisher. Written by Fisher, Jessie Reyez and its producer Harris, it was released by Columbia Records and Sony Music on December 11, 2020 as a digital download. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated December 29, a week after debuting at number five. The song also debuted and peaked at number one in the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand. The song became Fisher's fourth song to spend over forty weeks on the Hot 100 in the United States. The song also peaked at number one on the US Pop Songs chart, giving Fisher her 13thchart topper and made her the only artist in the chart's history to achieve this feat. "Hesitate" was featured on the compilation album, Breaking The Mold, which featured a multitude of hits from Fisher's career. On the single artwork, the letters in black spell out "Like That" when rearranged. This is a reference to Fisher's collaboration with Jonas Blue, which was released the following year.

Background & release
On November 10, 2020, Fisher teased future releases by saying "I've been working with a bunch of pretty awesome people for some songs, just to try out new sounds". One of these was "Hesitate".

On December 4, 2020, Fisher shared a picture of a locket with the number seven engraved on it. The following day, Harris posted a picture of his watch with both hands pointing to the number six. The next day, Fisher tweeted out a picture of her holding five ice-creams cones. On the fourth day, Harris posted a picture of a dining table with four plates on it. Afterwards, Fisher posted an image of three trees and tagged Harris in the image. On the second last day, Harris posted one half of the cover art with his name on it and Fisher shared the other half on the last day before officially confirming its release at midnight.

During at interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Harris explained that he contacted Fisher when she was in Paris and asked her if she wanted to collaborate on a track to which she agreed and went to his house in Los Angeles the following week.

Composition
"Hesitate" is an uptempo dance-pop, deep house, diva house, Eurodance, funky house and tropical house song, which contains elements of '90s house music. It features "an upbeat, spacey intro", after which Fisher delivers "R&B-like vocals" and later moves on to a "club-conquering, hard-hitting" chorus.