Don't Make Me Wait for Love

"Don't Make Me Wait for Love"
Single by Kenny G with Lenny Williams
from the album Duotones
B-side"Midnight Motion"
ReleasedAugust 1987[1]
Recorded1985–1986
GenreR&B, smooth jazz, soul, soul jazz
Length
  • 4:06 (single)
  • 4:45 (extended)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass, Walter Afanasieff
Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass
Kenny G with Lenny Williams singles chronology
"Songbird"
(1987) 		"Don't Make Me Wait for Love"
(1987) 		"Silhouette"
(1988)
Music video
"Don't Make Me Wait for Love" on YouTube

"Don't Make Me Wait For Love" is a song by Kenny G featuring Lenny Williams on lead vocals—the first single released from Kenny G's 1986 album Duotones.[2] The song was written and composed by Walter Afanasieff, Preston Glass and Narada Michael Walden.

In the US, "Don't Make Me Wait For Love" was first released in August 1987 where it only peaked at number 77 on the Hot Black Singles chart. Later that year, the song's re-issue went on to reach number 17 on the Hot Black Singles chart and number 15 on the Hot 100 chart.[3] "Don't Make Me Wait For Love" had its best showing on the Adult Contemporary music charts, where it peaked at number 2.[4]

Credits and personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1986–87) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 77
Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 17

Live Recordings

References

  1. ^ https://www.45cat.com/record/as19625
  2. ^ "Duotones - Kenny G | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 320.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 135.
  5. ^ Don't Make Me Wait for Love (from Kenny G Live) ft. Michael Bolton. Arista Records/Sony Music. 1989. Retrieved 2023-11-18.