I Can't Wait (Nu Shooz song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Can't Wait
Type =


Artist = Nu Shooz
from Album = Poolside
Released = February 1986
Format =
Recorded = 1984-1985
Genre = Freestyle music
Length = 5:25
Label = Atlantic Records
Writer = John Smith
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "I Can't Wait"
Next single = "Point of No Return"

"I Can't Wait" is a 1986 hit song by Nu Shooz from the album "Poolside". The song was originally recorded the previous year and became a popular radio track in and around the band's hometown of Portland, Oregon.

In the United States, the song reached #1 on "Billboard"'s Hot Dance Club Play chart in late March 1986, remaining atop the chart for two weeks. Soon afterwards, the song appeared on the Hot 100 chart, where it climbed to #3 in mid-June of that year, and remained in the top 40 for 15 weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song's American chart run coincided with that of a Stevie Nicks song also titled "I Can't Wait" (a rare incidence of two different songs with the same title charting at the same time). The extended "Long Dutch Mix" contains more samples (such as "c'mon!" from Madonna's "Into the Groove"), and takes the pitchshifting of the chorus even further, creating an eventual "pitchdown" at the ending.

A rap cover of the song, "I Can't Wait (To Rock the Mike)", by Spyder-D was released shortly theareafter.when

In 1996, Vanessa Williams used an interpolation of "I Can't Wait" in her hit "Happiness".

The song was covered in 2002 by British R&B group, Ladies First, and reached #19 on the UK chart.

In 2007, the music was replayed in a remix for Paula DeAnda's single "Easy", featuring a rap appearance by Bow Wow. This song was produced by a production team by the name of The Flyntstones.

The song was mashed up with Snoop Dog's "Drop It Like It's Hot" by dj BC in a song called "Snoop's Nu Shooz".

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ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)