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"Let's Wait Awhile" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third studio album, ''
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'' (1986). It was released on January 6, 1987, by A&M Records
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as the album's fifth single. The song was written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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, with Melanie Andrews also serving as co-writer. It is also the first song Jackson co-produced. "Let's Wait Awhile" was inspired by conversations Andrews had with her childhood boyfriend, just young teenagers at the time. Through those conversations, she was inspired to write the lyrics. The lyrics discuss sexual abstinence
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and postponing sexual intimacy
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within a relationship until the time is right.
The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the track's sweetness and Jackson's tender delivery. It was also praised for its meaningful message, considered to be a teaching tool to encourage sexual abstinence amidst the AIDS crisis at the time. In the United States, "Let's Wait Awhile" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary
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charts, while topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart. Internationally, it reached number three in the United Kingdom, where she made her debut on the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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'' on March 26, 1987, and number four in Ireland, in addition to charting within the top 40 in several other countries. It has been included on two of Jackson's greatest hits albums, '' Design of a Decade: 1986–1996'' (1995) and '' Number Ones'' (2009).
A music video for "Let's Wait Awhile", directed by Dominic Sena
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, co-stars martial artist and actor Taimak
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, and tells the story of a couple in love. Jackson has performed the song live on all of her tours, beginning with the Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990
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through the Unbreakable World Tour (2015–16), receiving praise for her vocal performance. The song has been covered and sampled in numerous songs throughout the years.
Background and recording
While writing for her upcoming breakthrough album, ''Control'', Jackson's manager John McClain introduced to her the production duoJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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to work and produce with her the majority of the album. "Let's Wait Awhile" was one of the tracks they penned together, along with Melanie Andrews. Jackson, Jam and Lewis also produced the track and provided rhythm arrangements, while the latter two with Andrews were responsible for vocal arrangements. Jackson alone provided digital bells and background vocals, while Jam and Lewis were responsible for drum programming, digital keyboards, acoustic piano and percussion. It was recorded and mixed at Flyte Tyme Productions in Minneapolis
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, Minnesota
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.
Composition and lyrical interpretation
"Let's Wait Awhile", written by Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Melanie Andrews, Janet's best friend, is a simple love song, as described by Jam and Lewis. Lyrically, it talks about abstinence and waiting until the right moment to have sex. Janet along with her friend, and co writer, Melanie Andrews was inspired to write the track after talking about how she (Melanie) was unsure if she really wanted to have sex with her boyfriend. She advised her to wait awhile and after that discussion she was inspired to write the track. "I connected that song to millions of young people who might need encouragement to think rather than act, to pause rather than move." Jam further commented, "The theme of the song was Janet's idea. She's not a preachy person. She's not telling people how to live their lives. All she's doing is offering an opinion." In addition to serving as an anthem tosexual abstinence
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, the song also became a hit during the height of the AIDS pandemic
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. Some school teachers adopted the song as a teaching tool to help steer students toward sexual abstinence. The song was also a precursor to a sexually liberated Jackson who emerged on the ''Rhythm Nation 1814
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'' track "Someday Is Tonight", a sequel to "Let's Wait Awhile", which can be looked at as Jackson's readiness to go further in their relationship. On her album ''Janet
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'', several songs revolve around the theme of sexual intimacy as well. On '' 20 Y.O.'', the track "With U
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" was written as a follow-up to "Let's Wait Awhile". According to the song's producer, Jermaine Dupri
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, "With U" takes place after the act of intimacy the two have put off, which results in "romantic confusion".
"Let's Wait Awhile" is written in the key of C major, set in a rock ballad
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tempo of 87 beats per minute
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. Janet's vocals span from the low note of G3 to the high note of C5. The introduction
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follows the chord progression
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of F–D7–C/D–E7–D/E–E7–G, while the verses follow the chord progression of F7–D7–F7–D7–F7. The key of the song moves up one semitone to D major
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at the last chorus of the song.
Critical reception
"Let's Wait Awhile" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Ed Hogan ofAllMusic
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saw the song as a "sweet soft departure from the hard funky veneer of revious singles'What Have You Done for Me Lately
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,' ' Nasty,' and 'Control
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.'" Eric Henderson of '' Slant Magazine'' praised "how perfect her tremulous hesitance fits into the abstinence anthem 'Let's Wait Awhile'," also noting that it "would've been a great place to end the album." Norman Riley of ''The Crisis
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'' praised the track, calling it "pleasing and surprising". Nelson George of '' Billboard'' picked the track as one of the album's highlights, calling it "somber". Danyel Smith of ''Vibe
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'' praised the track, writing that "on the fragile allad Jackson's tender, hesitant delivery conveys all of the trepidation and wonder felt by a young girl on the brink of losing her innocence." Wendy Robinson of ''PopMatters
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'' praised the track for "showcas ngJanet's ability to combine a gorgeous melody with a meaningful message." Nick Levine wrote for '' Digital Spy'' that the "seemingly gooey '80s ballad has a hard centre", referring to the song's lyrics.
Controversy
"Let's Wait Awhile" has been described as "bearing striking similarities" to the 1975 song "Daisy Jane
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" by the band America. Reportedly on hearing "Let's Wait Awhile" on a car radio in 1987 – the track then being a current single – the road manager for America pulled over at a phone booth to alert Gerry Beckley
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to the evident debt of Jackson's track to Beckley's composition. Beckley eventually reached an out-of-court settlement with Jackson and her co-writers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, thus preempting litigation for plagiarism.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Let's Wait Awhile" peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, behind Club Nouveau's " Lean on Me". It became Jackson's fifth consecutive top-five single on the chart. It also reached number one on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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chart for one week, her fourth single to top the chart. "Let's Wait Awhile" was placed at number 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 year-end chart of 1987 and at number 42 on the year's R&B chart. The single also peaked at number two on the Hot Adult Contemporary
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chart. In the United Kingdom, the song was released in March 1987 and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart
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a month later, spending 10 weeks on the chart. It became her second top-three single there and her most successful at the time, along with "What Have You Done for Me Lately
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". The single also peaked inside the top 20 in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
Music video
The music video for "Let's Wait Awhile" was directed byDominic Sena
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and is set in New York City. Martial artist and actor Taimak Guarriello was cast to play Jackson's love interest after receiving a call from a modeling agent, who informed him that Jackson wanted him to portray her boyfriend. The video follows Jackson and her boyfriend going out for a romantic night on the town. In the middle of the video, her boyfriend wants to end the evening by taking their relationship a step further, but Jackson wants to wait until they are both ready.
Live performances
Jackson has performed the song on most of her tours. It was performed on the 1990Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour
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. Jackson included "Let's Wait Awhile" during her Janet World Tour
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in 1993–95. During some shows, the singer asked a prayer to her brother Michael Jackson
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. According to Greg Kot
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from ''Chicago Tribune
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'', she sang it "as if to say she's still the one in charge" following her female-powering themes throughout her career. During the 1998 The Velvet Rope Tour, she sang the song sat on a stool, accompanied by a guitarist. The medley at the October 11, 1998, show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City was broadcast during a special titled ''The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden'' by HBO. It was also added to the setlist of its DVD release, '' The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert'' (1999).
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in 2001 and 2002, she was in the center stage to sing the song. Denise Sheppard from ''Rolling Stone'' called the number "mellow", and commented "Without question, t wasone of the night's most beautiful and verklempt moments arrived out of nowhere forty-five minutes into the set. It was the first time that a break in the action occurred - no dancers, no music -- and as a close-up captured Jackson looking genuinely happy, the audience spontaneously burst into what became a five-minute standing ovation. Looking on, shocked by the sincerity of the moment, she shed sincere tears, simultaneously overwhelmed and overjoyed. 'I love you so much, Vancouver. Thank you'." The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii
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, was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of it. This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, '' Janet: Live in Hawaii'', in 2002.
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in 2008, she included "Let's Wait Awhile" in its setlist. Phil Gallo of ''Variety
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'' praised her vocals during the performance of the song, praising her "startlingly full-bodied" vocal performance on the track. In contrast, Marsha Lederman of ''The Globe and Mail
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'' perceived that the performance was "a bit bumpy and she seemed to be struggling a tad as she held her hand up to her ear in an effort to catch the right notes." On the Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour, Jackson used a diamond-encrusted lavender gown to perform a ballad medley of "Nothing
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", " Come Back to Me" and "Let's Wait Awhile". Annabel Ross of Sydney's "Everguide" praised Janet for "hitting some impressive high notes herself." Joanna Chaundy of ''The Independent
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'' agreed, calling it "the highlight of the show's first half since her voice was more audible and still in fine form." The song was also included in Jackson's 2015-2016 Unbreakable World Tour; writing for the '' Hartford Courant'', Thomas Kintner pointed out that the performance showcased "that even though singing is not the most evocative part of ackson'srepertoire, it generates smallish vocal flourishes to augment her pleasant baseline tone". It was included as a video interlude on the second leg of the State of the World Tour
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. Jackson included the song at her 2019 Las Vegas residence Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis. It was also included on her special concert series Janet Jackson: A Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation in 2019.
Legacy
In 1987, the song was part of the international soundtrack of Braziliantelenovela
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"Brega e Chique" (). In 1988, smooth jazz/fusion guitarist Paul Jackson Jr. covered the song for his album ''I Came to Play''. In 1989, jazz fusion saxophonist Nelson Rangell
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covered the song on his album ''Playing for Keeps''. In 1990, Hong Kong singer Cass Phang
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covered the song for her album ''With Love''. In 1992, contemporary jazz musician Everette Harp covered the song from his self-titled debut album ''Everette Harp''. In 1994, Booker T. & the M.G.s covered the song instrumentally on their album '' That's the Way It Should Be''. In 2001, Ashanti covered the chorus on the Big Pun
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album '' Endangered Species''. Destiny's Child sang the song live as a tribute to Jackson during MTV's ''MTV Icon
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'' special during the same year. In 2002, smooth jazz guitarist Norman Brown covered the song instrumentally on his album '' Just Chillin'''. In 2004, Australian actress Emily Browning covered this song. In 2005, Ilona Irvine covered the song on the compilation album ''Island Soul: A Way of Life, Vol. 1''. In 2007, Filipino
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singer Nikki Gil
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covered the song, while the song's refrain is sampled by Melody Thornton
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on Jibbs
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' single " Go Too Far". In 2013, Justin Timberlake sang part of "Let's Wait Awhile" on his The 20/20 Experience World Tour
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. In 2014, Amber Riley and Kevin McHale covered the song in the ''Glee
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'' episode "Tested
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Track listings
*US 7-inch single :A. "Let's Wait Awhile" (remix) – 4:30 :B. "Pretty Boy" – 6:32 *UK and European 7-inch single :A. "Let's Wait Awhile" (remix) – 4:30 :B. " Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part 1 edit) – 4:10 *UK 12-inch single :A1. "Let's Wait Awhile" (remix) – 4:30 :A2. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part 1) – 7:57 :B1. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part 2) – 10:09 *UK limited-edition 7-inch picture disc :A. "Let's Wait Awhile" (remix) – 4:30 :B. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part 1 edit) – 4:10 :C. "Nasty" (edit of remix) – 3:40 :D. "Control" (edit) – 3:26Charts
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