I Can't Wait (Nu Shooz song)

"I Can't Wait"
Front cover of 1986 US reissue (Atlantic)
Single by Nu Shooz
from the album Tha's Right and Poolside
B-side"Make Your Mind Up"
ReleasedFebruary 1986
Genre
Length
  • 5:25 (album version)
  • 3:40 (single version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)John Smith
Producer(s)
  • John Smith
  • Rick Waritz
Nu Shooz singles chronology
"I Can't Wait"
(1986)
"Point of No Return"
(1986)
Music video
"I Can't Wait" on YouTube
Back cover
Back cover of 1986 US reissue (Atlantic)
Back cover of 1986 US reissue (Atlantic)

"I Can't Wait" is a song by American group Nu Shooz, included on the band's second album, Tha's Right (1985).[3] The song was remixed by Dutch DJ and producer Peter Slaghuis: this remixed version is the one that appears on the group's 1986 album, Poolside.

In the United States, the remixed version of the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom and West Germany, the song reached number two, while in Canada, it peaked at number one. The single returned to the Billboard charts in 2015, where it peaked at number 17 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart.[4]

  1. ^ "Nu Shooz 'Can't Wait' for Super Freestyle Explosion in Ontario". dailybulletin.com. June 20, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Molanphy, Chris (July 16, 2022). "Point of No Return Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. ^ Nu Shooz- Tha's Right @ the band's website Archived November 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 12, 2011.
  4. ^ Dance/Electronic Digital Songs (October 24, 2015) from Billboard (October 14, 2015)