Wait for Me
Daryl Hall & John Oates | Artist Essentials
First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original 1979 X-Static studio recording; not the later live Rock N Soul performance
MusicAtlas editorial note: The original studio performance balances a restrained verse against a high, sustained refrain.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original studio performance appears in the licensed 1979 X-Static program, before the retained 1980 annual association. Rock N Soul Part 1 explicitly contains a different live version; its 1983 date is not adopted.
Recording: Original 1979 X-Static studio recording; not the later live Rock N Soul performance
Credit: Daryl Hall & John Oates
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: X-Static
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
X-Static - original licensed duo program
Public licensed album and track metadata identify the original 1979 duo program and selected studio recordings. Only tracks from the original album sequence are selected. Later bonus tracks, club remixes, solo recordings and concert performances do not inherit the original album year. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Rock 'N Soul, Part 1 - original licensed duo program
The original 1983 anthology program separates the new Say It Isn't So and Adult Education recordings from earlier hits. Wait for Me is explicitly Live, while this collection selects its original 1979 studio recording. The program also explicitly labels the shorter single version of I Can't Go for That and supplies shorter presentations of several early hits; those labels inform actual candidate review, not new first-release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The retained 1980 hit context corresponds to the original 1979 studio recording. The later explicitly labeled 1983 live anthology performance remains separate.
X-Static - original licensed duo program
Public licensed album and track metadata identify the original 1979 duo program and selected studio recordings. Only tracks from the original album sequence are selected. Later bonus tracks, club remixes, solo recordings and concert performances do not inherit the original album year. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Rock 'N Soul, Part 1 - original licensed duo program
The original 1983 anthology program separates the new Say It Isn't So and Adult Education recordings from earlier hits. Wait for Me is explicitly Live, while this collection selects its original 1979 studio recording. The program also explicitly labels the shorter single version of I Can't Go for That and supplies shorter presentations of several early hits; those labels inform actual candidate review, not new first-release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates began their musical partnership in Philadelphia, meeting while Oates attended Temple University. Their shared recording work combines rock, soul and pop, with She's Gone representing an early part of that repertoire. The duo's career expanded into international touring and major concert events, including Live Aid, while each musician also developed work outside the partnership.
Artist background sources
Hall and Oates - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame biography
Philadelphia partnership, rock/soul/pop mixture and She's Gone repertoire; popularity superlatives are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
John Oates - Grand Ole Opry biography
Explicitly scoped to the Hall/Oates meeting, recorded partnership, international touring, Live Aid and separate solo career. Oates' personal influences are not assigned automatically to the duo. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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