Waking Up in Vegas

"**Waking Up in Vegas**" is a song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry from her second studio album _One of the Boys_. Perry wrote it with Desmond Child and Andreas Carlsson and produced it with Greg Wells. It was released to US radio stations on April 21, 2009 as the fourth and last single of the album. It is about getting drunk and blowing money in Las Vegas, paying homage to the phrase "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".

It received positive reviews by the music critics, who complimented it's catchiness. The song achieved commercial success, reaching the top ten in eight countries. The song peaked at number nine and become her third top ten single in the U.S. At the same time it peaked at number one on the Mainstream Top 40 sub-chart in the Hungarian radio. The song peaked near number one on Billboard Hot 100, giving Perry her third top ten song off that album. It also topped number one in Australia and the Netherlands.

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from CD single liner notes and Tidal.

- Publishing and recording locations
- Published by When I'm Rich You'll Be My Bitch/Desmando Music/Andreas Carlsson Publishing AR/WB Music Corp
- Recorded at Rocket Carousel Studio, Los Angeles, California
- Mixed at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia
- Mastered at Bornie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California

- Personnel

- Katy Perry – vocals, songwriting, production
- Desmond Child – songwriting
- Andreas Carlsson – songwriting
- Greg Wells – production, recording assistant
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- John Hanes – mixing engineering
- Joe Zook – mixing engineering
- Tim Roberts – mixing engineering assistant
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering

### Weekly charts

|Chart (2009)|Peak position|
| --- | --- |
|28||
|style="text-align:center;"|17|
|align="center"|7|

### Year-end charts

|Chart (2009)|Position|
| --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|67|
|style="text-align:center;"|28|
|style="text-align:center;"|30|
|style="text-align:center;"|76|
|style="text-align:center;"|138|
|style="text-align:center;"|36|

## Release history

|scope="col"|Region|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Format|scope="col"|Version(s)|scope="col"|Label(s)|scope="col"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|April 21, 2009|Contemporary hit radio|rowspan="3"|Original|rowspan="2"|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"||||||
|May 18, 2009|Hot adult contemporary radio|style="text-align:center;"||||||||||
|June 4, 2009|Radio airplay|Polydor|style="text-align:center;"|||||||||
|June 5, 2009|Digital download|Remixes EP|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"||||||||
|June 8, 2009|rowspan="2"|CD|rowspan="2"|||style="text-align:center;"||||||
|June 19, 2009|Capitol|style="text-align:center;"||||||||||

## Infobox (song)

- **name**: Waking Up in Vegas
- **border**: yes
- **type**: single
- **artist**: Katy Perry
- **album**: One of the Boys
- **studio**: Rocket Carousel (Los Angeles)
- **genre**: * Pop rock
* power pop
- **length**: 3:19
- **label**: Capitol Records, Capitol
- **writer**: * Katy Perry
* Desmond Child
* Andreas Carlsson
- **producer**: * Greg Wells
* Katy Perry
- **prev title**: Thinking of You (Katy Perry song), Thinking of You
- **prev year**: 2009
- **next title**: Starstrukk
- **next year**: 2009