I Don't Want to Wait

"I Don't Want to Wait"
"I Don't Want to Wait"
	U.S. CD single
Single by Paula Cole
from the album This Fire
B-side	"Hitler's Brothers"; "Bethlehem";
Released	October 14, 1997
Studio	Magic Shop, New York City
Length	5:19 (album version); 4:07 (radio edit);
Label	Warner Bros.; Imago;
Songwriter(s)	Paula Cole
Producer(s)	Paula Cole
Paula Cole singles chronology
Music video
	"I Don't Want to Wait" on YouTube

"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, recorded, and produced by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole. Cole wrote the song in mid-1996 and released it as second single from her second studio album, This Fire (1996), on October 14, 1997. The single release was successful, reaching no. 11 in the United States and no. 5 in Canada. VH1 ranked "I Don't Want to Wait" as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s at no. 81.^[1] The song later served as the opening theme for the American teen drama television series Dawson's Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003.

^ "Top 100 Songs of the '90s". VH1 Blog. Viacom International Inc. December 13, 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

[1] "Top 100 Songs of the '90s". VH1 Blog. Viacom International Inc. December 13, 2007. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

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