Will You Wait for Me?

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"Will You Wait for Me?"
Will You Wait for Me Kavana single cover.jpg
Single by Kavana
from the album Instinct
B-side "Him or Me"
Released8 March 1999 (1999-03-08)
Length3:48
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Absolute
Kavana singles chronology
"Funky Love"
(1998)
"Will You Wait for Me?"
(1999)
"Any Other Way"
(2009)

"Will You Wait for Me?" is a song by British singer-songwriter Kavana. The ballad was released on 8 March 1999 as the third single from his second album, Instinct (1998). The song peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 22 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The track is one of Kavana's personal favourites in his repertoire.

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Background and release

"Will You Wait for Me?" was recorded during mid-1998 and was released as a single on 8 March 1999. [2] It is Kavana's favourite song on the second album. He said in an interview, "This song is one of my favourites on the album ( Instinct ), actually – I've never done a ballad before! It's about a friend of mine who died of cancer, and writing it was great therapy in a way. Hopefully, this is the defining one for me." [3] It was produced by Absolute. [1]

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single; Australian CD single [1] [4] [5]

  1. "Will You Wait for Me" – 3:48
  2. "Will You Wait for Me" (Eric Kupper's S-Boy radio mix) – 4:13
  3. "Him or Me" – 3:38

UK CD2 [6]

  1. "Will You Wait for Me" (mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent) – 3:48
  2. "Will You Wait for Me" (Eric Kupper's S-Boy radio mix) – 4:13
  3. "Will You Wait for Me" (Doolally vocal mix) – 6:07
  4. "Will You Wait for Me" (Shanks & Bigfoot remix)

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 65
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 22
Scotland (OCC) [9] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 29

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Will You Wait for Me (UK CD1 liner notes). Kavana. Virgin Records. 1999. VSCDT 1726, 7243 8 95674 2 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. "New Releases – For Week Starting 8 March, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 6 March 1999. p. 25. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  3. Kavana's comment on the song in May 2000
  4. Will You Wait for Me (UK cassette single sleeve). Kavana. Virgin Records. 1999. VSC1726, 7243 8 95674 4 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Will You Wait for Me (Australian CD single liner notes). Kavana. Virgin Records. 1999. 724389567427.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Will You Wait for Me (UK CD2 liner notes). Kavana. Virgin Records. 1999. VSCDX 1726, 7243 8 95675 0 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  8. "Kavana – Will You Wait for Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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