I Will Wait

This article is about the song by Mumford & Sons. For the song by Hootie & the Blowfish, see I Will Wait (Hootie & the Blowfish song). For the song by Swedish artist Isa Tengblad, see I Will Wait (Isa song).
Not to be confused with I Will Wait for You.

"I Will Wait"
Single by Mumford & Sons
from the album Babel
Released7 August 2012
Genre
Length
  • 4:36 (main/album version)
  • 3:32 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Marcus Mumford
Producer(s)Markus Dravs
Mumford & Sons singles chronology
"Roll Away Your Stone"
(2010) 		"I Will Wait"
(2012) 		"Lover of the Light"
(2012)
Alternative cover
Promotional artwork

"I Will Wait" is a song by British rock band Mumford & Sons. The track was first released in the United States on 7 August 2012 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Babel (2012).[1] The song sold 153,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release[2] and became their highest-charting song in the US to date, peaking at number 12. It also reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Irish, Canadian and Scottish national charts and was voted into fifth place in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2012. The song is playable in the video game Guitar Hero Live.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference release was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "On the charts: Mumford & Sons' fans can't wait for Babel". Rolling Stone. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.