right here waitin (duet) by jomel77

jomel77 - right here waitin (duet)

jomel77

Jul 01, 2024 04:03am

Another excellent opener, Melissa! Hugs Joe 😎(My weak wi-fi caused a mis-sync, but I made sure our "green" part was nsync. 😉) "Right Here Waiting" is a song by American singer and songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Marx</a>. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeat_Offender_(Richard_Marx_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Repeat Offender</a> (1989). The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries around the world, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States where it reached number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-Billboard-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> The same year, it was certified platinum by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-RIAA-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a> It was the UK's most streamed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">love song</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spotify</a> ahead of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Valentine's Day</a> in 2013 and has since been covered by many artists, including R&B singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_(singer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monica</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a>Marx wrote "Right Here Waiting" on the road as a love letter to his wife, actress <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Rhodes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cynthia Rhodes</a>, who was in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">South Africa</a> shooting a film.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a> It was originally created to be sung by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barbra Streisand</a> but she later refused to sing it. Marx was an aspiring singer-songwriter when Streisand reached out and asked him to write her a hit but when he sent her "Right Here Waiting", Streisand turned down the chance to record it.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-Yahoo-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[8]</a>In a 2021 interview, Marx commented: "I had just recently written "Right Here Waiting" and it was such a personal song to me at the time that I had no intention of recording it. I was like, 'I’ll give Barbra Streisand "Right Here Waiting"; I’m not gonna do anything with it’. I had to messenger the cassette tape of it to her. The next day she called me – I still have this voicemail – and it says, ‘Richard, I heard the song; it’s a beautiful song, but I’m gonna need you to rewrite the lyrics because I’m not gonna be right here waiting for anyone.' She actually did me a solid, because had she not rejected it I probably would never have recorded it and every once in a while I put my arm around her and I say, ‘Thank you so much for rejecting my song!'”<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[9]</a>David Nichols of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_Hits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Smash Hits</a> stated that "really, "Right Here Waiting" is a beautiful ballad with an amazingly catchy tune and – like many other Richard Marx songs – it's destined to become a classic".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[10]</a>"Right Here Waiting" was the second single from Marx's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeat_Offender_(Richard_Marx_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Repeat Offender</a>, after "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfied_(Richard_Marx_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Satisfied</a>". It entered the US <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard Hot 100</a> singles chart at number 44 in the week of July 8, 1989, and became Marx's third consecutive number-one single on August 12, 1989.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-Billboard-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a> The record spent three consecutive weeks at number one.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[11]</a> The song was Marx's first of several to go to number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Adult Contemporary</a> chart. Certified <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum_single" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">platinum</a> on October 16, 1989, "Right Here Waiting" became Marx's best-selling single. The song also reached number one on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_%26_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radio & Records</a> CHR/Pop Airplay chart on August 4, 1989, remaining on the top of the chart for three weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-wweb.uta.edu-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[12]</a> In the United Kingdom, the song was released in August 1989 and peaked at number two,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Here_Waiting#cite_note-UK-13" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[13]</a> behind the Italian house song "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_on_Time" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ride on Time</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Box_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Black Box</a>.