I Will Wait (Hootie & the Blowfish song)

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"I Will Wait"
HATB - I Will Wait single cover.jpg
Single by Hootie & the Blowfish
from the album Musical Chairs
ReleasedAugust 7, 1998
Genre
Length4:15
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Gehman
Hootie & the Blowfish singles chronology
"Sad Caper"
(1996) 		"I Will Wait"
(1998) 		"Only Lonely"
(1999)

"I Will Wait" is a song by American rock group Hootie & the Blowfish. It was released in August 1998 as the lead single from their third studio album, Musical Chairs. In the United States, it peaked at number 28 on the Adult Contemporary music chart, and number three on the Adult Top 40 music chart. The song reached number seven in Canada.

Background and writing[]

Rucker stated in an interview with Billboard that he wrote the song about his best friend's parents, the husband was in the military and the wife was always waiting for him to get home.[1]

Music video[]

The music video was directed by Ulf Buddensieck.

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 7
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[3] 12
Scotland (OCC)[4] 42
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 57
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 28
US Billboard Adult Top 40 3

References[]

  1. ^ Billboard - August 15, 1998, page 13
  2. ^ Canada RPM Top Singles peak
  3. ^ Canada RPM AC peak
  4. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Hootie & the Blowfish Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 November 2010.
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