I'll Wait

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"I'll Wait"
Single by Van Halen
from the album 1984
B-side
  • "Girl Gone Bad" (US)
  • "Drop Dead Legs" (UK)
ReleasedApril 1984 (US)
June 1984 (UK)[1]
Recorded1983
Studio5150 Studios, Studio City, California
Genre
Length4:10 (Single Version)
4:40 (Album Version)
Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Jump"
(1983) 		"I'll Wait"
(1984) 		"Panama"
(1984)
Audio
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"I'll Wait" is a song by American rock band

Michael McDonald,[2] and produced by Ted Templeman.[3]

It was the second single released from the record and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite the song being a hit, no video was ever filmed for it.

Writing and composition

The song was written as a collaboration between Van Halen and

common time tempo of 114 beats per minute.[5]

Like "Jump", the song features keyboards almost entirely, including a synthesizer bass line, and also features heavy use of Alex Van Halen's Rototom drum kit.[6]

The song's subject was inspired by a woman wearing men's underwear in a

Sony Trinitron television and addressed the lyrics to the model.[7]

The single's original cover featured the band posing in the same location where the cover for the "Hot for Teacher" single had been shot.[citation needed]

David Lee Roth and producer Ted Templeman wanted to remove the song from the album, while Eddie Van Halen and engineer Donn Landee pushed for its inclusion.[6]

Reception

riffs, and also creates a thoughtful and tasty guitar solo."[8]

Chuck Klosterman of

Vulture.com ranked it the 43rd-best Van Halen song, noting its "mammoth drums, mammoth synth, not much verve or panache."[9]

Track listing

US 7" single

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I'll Wait" (radio edit)4:10
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Girl Gone Bad"4:33

UK 7" single/US 12" single

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I'll Wait" (radio edit)4:10
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Drop Dead Legs"4:13

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 21
UK Singles (OCC)[11]
 85
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 13
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[13] 2

References

  1. ISBN 9780862415419
    .
  2. Ultimate Classic Rock
    . Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  3. Considine, J.D. (March 1, 1984). "1984". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original
    on August 3, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. Rolling Stone
    . November 16, 1989.
  5. OCLC 605214049
    .
  6. ^ a b c Graff, Gary (January 9, 2014). "Van Halen's '1984' At 30: Classic Track-By-Track Review". Billboard. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "1984". Classicvanhalen.com.
  8. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 14, 1984. p. 14. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  9. Vulture.com
    . Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6729." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "Van Halen Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Van Halen Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2021.

Further reading

  • Templeman, Ted; Renoff, Greg (2020). Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life In Music. Toronto: ECW Press. pp. 350–1, 359–61.
    OCLC 1121143123
    .
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