I'll Wait

"I'll Wait"
Single by Van Halen
from the album 1984
A-side	"I'll Wait"
B-side	"Girl Gone Bad" (US)/"Drop Dead Legs" (UK)
Released	1984
Recorded	5150 Studios, Hollywood, California, 1983
Genre	Hard rock
Length	4:45
Label	Warner Bros.
Writer(s)	Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Michael McDonald
Producer	Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Jump" (1984) "I'll Wait" (1984) "Panama" (1984)

"I'll Wait" is a song by Van Halen that appears on their album 1984. It was the second single released from the album and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Like "Jump", this song features keyboards almost entirely, and includes a synthesizer bass line. The song also features heavy use of Alex Van Halen's Rototom drum kit. David Lee Roth and producer Ted Templeman wanted to remove the song from the album, while Edward Van Halen and Donn Landee wanted and pushed for its inclusion. The song was written as a collaboration between Van Halen and Doobie Brothers singer Michael McDonald. The original single's cover featured the band posing in the same location where the cover for the Hot for Teacher single cover had been shot.

The song's subject is a woman wearing men's underwear in a Calvin Klein print media advertisement. Roth wrote the lyrics while the advertisement was tacked onto his Sony Trinitron television.

Personnel

• David Lee Roth: vocals
• Eddie Van Halen: keyboards, guitar
• Michael Anthony: bass guitar, backing vocals
• Alex Van Halen: drums

Chart (1984)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	13