Can't Keep Waiting

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"Can't Keep Waiting"
Autumn Hill, Can't Keep Waiting.jpg
Single by Autumn Hill
from the album Favourite Mistake
ReleasedApril 9, 2013 (2013-04-09)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length3:11
Label Wax
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Autumn Hill singles chronology
"Anything At All"
(2012)
"Can't Keep Waiting"
(2013)
"Fire"
(2013)

"Can't Keep Waiting" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill for their debut studio album, Favourite Mistake (2013). The song was written by group members Mike Robins and Tareya Green along with Jamie Appleby and Alyssa Reid, while production was handled by Dave "Dwave" Thomson and Thomas "Tawgs" Salter. It was released through Wax Records as the second single from the album on April 9, 2013. [1]

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Autumn Hill

Autumn Hill was a Canadian country music duo composed of Mike Robins and Tareya Green. Their debut single, "Anything At All," entered the Canadian Hot 100 in January 2013. It is included on their debut album Favourite Mistake, released September 10, 2013. The record's three subsequent singles experienced diminishing returns on the Canada Country airplay chart, through third single "Fire" became the group's highest-charting entry on the Canadian Hot 100 at number 73. "Blame" was released in March 2015 as the lead single for the group's second and final album, Anchor. Reaching a peak position of four on the Canadian country airplay chart, it remains the group's only top ten hit. In total, the group has landed seven singles on the chart.

<i>Favourite Mistake</i> 2013 studio album by Autumn Hill

Favourite Mistake is the debut studio album by Canadian country music duo Autumn Hill. It was preceded by three singles, including lead single "Anything At All", which peaked at 79 on the Canadian Hot 100, and "Fire", which peaked at 73. The album was released September 10, 2013 through Wax Records.

Contents

Alyssa Reid recorded an acoustic cover of the song for her third studio album, Phoenix (2015). [2]

Content

The song's lyrics depict a narrator who has grown frustrated with hoping somebody will feel a certain way about them and insists they "can't keep waiting" for it to happen.

Music video

The accompanying music video was directed by Marc André Debruyne and premiered April 29, 2013. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [4] 19

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References

  1. "Can't Keep Waiting - Single". iTunes Store . Apple Inc. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. "Phoenix by Alyssa Reid". iTunes Store (Canada). Apple Inc . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. WaxRecords (April 29, 2013). "Autumn Hill - Can't Keep Waiting (Official)". YouTube . Google.
  4. "Autumn Hill Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.