I'd Wait a Million Years

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"(I'd) Wait a Million Years"
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Single by The Grass Roots
from the album Leaving It All Behind [1]
B-side "Fly Me to Havana"
ReleasedJune 1969 (1969-06) [2]
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length2:35
Label ABC/Dunhill
Songwriter(s)
[3]
Producer(s) Steve Barri
The Grass Roots singles chronology
"The River Is Wide"
(1969)		"(I'd) Wait a Million Years"
(1969)		"Heaven Knows"
(1969)

"(I'd) Wait a Million Years" (also known as "Wait a Million Years", "Million Years or So", or simply "Million Years") is a 1969 hit single by The Grass Roots.

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Background

It was the first of three single releases from the group's fifth LP, Leaving It All Behind , and is among the group's five greatest hits. It was written by Gary Zekley and Mitchell Bottler. The album version contains a slow organ intro and a longer fadeout, increasing the track's length by almost a minute.

Chart performance

The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 the week ending September 6, 1969, [4] and number 12 on the Cash Box Top 100. [5] In Canada, "I'd Wait a Million Years" spent three weeks at number 12. [6]

Personnel

Arranged By [Horns] – Jimmie Haskell

References

  1. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ Ackerman, Paul, ed. (June 29, 1968). "Spotlight Singles: Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard . Vol. 80, no. 26. p. 95. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Grass Roots – I'd Wait A Million Years / Fly Me To Havana". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Top 40 Weekly 1969". 30 November 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969 [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Canada.ca. 22 July 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  8. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969 [ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "RPM Top Singles of 1969". Library and Archives Canada . RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  10. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-142-X.
  11. ↑ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969". cashboxmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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