I'll Wait for You

"I'll Wait for You"
Single by Joe Nichols
from the album III
Released	July 31, 2006
Format	CD single
Recorded	2005
Genre	Country
Length	4:07
Label	Universal South
Writer(s)	Bill Anderson Harley Allen
Producer(s)	Buddy Cannon
Joe Nichols singles chronology
"Size Matters (Someday)" (2006) "I'll Wait for You" (2006) "Another Side of You" (2007)

"I'll Wait for You" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Harley Allen, and recorded by American country music artist Joe Nichols. It was released in July 2006 as the third single from the album III. The song reached a peak position of #7 on the U.S. Billoard Hot Country Songs chart, and a peak of #71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

Music videos

Two videos were made for the song. In the first video, Nichols plays the song's protagonist at various ages; makeup was used to make him appear thirty years older.^[1] The song's first video first aired on the television network CMT on November 23, 2006. A second video was later made, featuring an acoustic remix of the song and shot in black and white. This version is the one most often played on TV. The video was directed by Chris Hicky.

Chart positions

Chart (2006–07)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	71
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	36

References

1. ""I'll Wait For You" will debut on CMT's Top 20 Countdown". JoeNichols.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
2. "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Joe Nichols. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
3. "Joe Nichols – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Joe Nichols. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
4. "Best of 2007: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2007. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics