I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song)

Infobox Single
Name = I'll Be Waiting


Artist = Lenny Kravitz
Album = It Is Time for a Love Revolution
Released = December 6, 2007 (iTunes)
Format = Digital download
Genre = Hard rock, soul
Length = 4:17
Label = Virgin
Writer = Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross
Producer = Lenny Kravitz
Last single = "Bring It On"
(2007)
This single = "I'll Be Waiting"
(2007)
Next single = "Love Love Love"
(2008)

"I'll Be Waiting" is a rock song written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross for Kravitz's eighth studio album, "It Is Time for a Love Revolution" (2008). It was released as the album's lead single on December 6, 2007 (although "Bring It On" had been previously released as a radio-only single to U.S. rock stations). The iTunes download release date for the song was November 6, 2007.

The song is a power ballad, where Kravitz sings of waiting for that someone to realize he is the one that loves her.

Music video

The music video for "I'll Be Waiting" is shot entirely in black and white. It features Kravitz in the studio recording the song. He is shown playing the piano, the drums, the guitar, and the bass, and simply singing the song throughout the video. He is also shown towards the end directing the orchestra on the track.

Chart performance

"I'll Be Waiting" has been highly successful across Europe, peaking at number six on the Euro 200 and reaching the top ten in over ten countries there, including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, to name a few. It has been mildly successful in North America, where it has so far peaked at number seventy-three on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 and number forty-five on the Canadian Hot 100. The single has not charted in Oceania.

Charts

{| class="wikitable" !align="center"|Chart (2008) !align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|Italian FIMI Singles Chart
align="center"|4
-
align="left"|Lithuanian Airplay Chart [cite web |url=http://www.blogas.lt/hitfm/205871/lithuanian-airplay-chart.html |title=Lithuanian Airplay Chart |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=Lithuania Charts Company |language=Lithuanian]
align="center"|4
-
align="left"|Luxembourgian Airplay Chart [cite web |url=http://www.eldoradio.lu/music/chartbreaker/ |title=Chartbreaker Top 50 |accessdate=2008-02-26 |work=Eldoradio |language=Luxembourgish]
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|Polish National Top 50 [cite web |url=http://apcchart.esmartdesign.com/POLISH%20TOP%2050%20ARCHIVES/0084.htm |title=The Polish National Top 50 |accessdate=2008-02-25 |work=APC-stats]
align="center"|30
-
align="left"|Portuguese National Top 50
align="center"|19
-
align="left"|Romanian Top 100 [cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=622&go=Go |title=Romanian Top 100 – 11/2008 |accessdate=2008-03-07 |work=Vento Consultanta SRL |language=Romanian]
align="center"|45
-
align="left"|Slovak IFPI Airplay Chart [cite web |url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparadask/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=18&titul=144845&sec=31535dc2ac53859f6c01fe2dba5dc49a |title=RADIO TOP100 Oficiálna |accessdate=2008-02-25 |work=IFPI |language=Slovak]
align="center"|9
-
align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart
align="center"|16
-
align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart
align="center"|4
-
align="left"|United World Chart
align="center"|12
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100
align="center"|73
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Pop 100 [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5020&model.vnuAlbumId=1096646 |title=Lenny Kravitz – "Billboard" Chart History |accessdate=2008-02-25 |work=Billboard]
align="center"|51

In popular culture

Kravitz performed the song at the American Music Awards of 2007 and on the 2008 "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve". This song is also featured in the ending credits of the film "".

References

succession box
before = "Homecoming" by Kanye West featuring Chris Martin
title = Luxembourgian Airplay Chart number-one single
years = March 15, 2008 – April 5, 2008
after = "She Went Under" by Metrosuccession box
before = "Atentát" by Kryštof
title = Czech Airplay Chart number-one single
years = June 28, 2008 – July 5, 2008
after = "Angels" by Morandi