I Don't Want to Wait
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| Single by Paula Cole from the album This Fire |
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| Released | 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||||
| Genre | Adult contemporary | ||||
| Length | 4:08 (Radio edit) | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. | ||||
| Writer(s) | Paula Cole | ||||
| Producer | Paula Cole | ||||
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"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, performed and produced by Paula Cole. It was the opening theme for the TV-series Dawson's Creek. It was Cole's second single from her album This Fire. The single was #10 on the 1996 Hot 100 Singles on Bilboard's year end summary. The single spent the most consecutive weeks in the Top 50 without cracking the Top 10, just missing out at #11. This single, with a 56 week-long run, is still among the list of the 20 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have had a chart run longer than 50 weeks.[citation needed] VH1 ranked it as one of the 100-greatest-songs-of-the-90s at #81.
[edit] Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward. It was one of Cole's first videos, and was based on the concept of a woman who was immortal and had lovers in different time periods, all of whom died. The cut of the video was originally in chronological order, but for unknown reasons, a cut that was out of order was more frequently aired which led to the directors taking their name off the video.
[edit] Chart Performance
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 9 |
