Wait (Wang Chung song)

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"Wait"
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Single by Wang Chung
from the album Points on the Curve
B-side "Dance Hall Days"
ReleasedJune 1984 [1]
Recorded1983
Studio Abbey Road Studios (London)
Genre
Length4:22
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Wang Chung singles chronology
"Don't Be My Enemy"
(1984)
"Wait"
(1984)
"To Live and Die in L.A."
(1985)

"Wait" is a single by English new wave band Wang Chung, released as the fourth and final single from their second studio album, Points on the Curve (1983). The single reached No. 87 on the UK Singles Chart. Aside from the early singles released as Huang Chung, "Wait" was the only single by Wang Chung that failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100. However, it peaked at No. 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Contents

No music video was shot for "Wait", and it is also the only Wang Chung song to appear on two different non-compilation albums.

Track listing

  1. "Wait" (Remix)
  2. "Dance Hall Days" (U.S. Club edit)
  3. "Dance Hall Days" (Part 2)

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 87
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 17

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  2. "Wang Chung: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  3. "Wang Chung Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2017.