Wait for Me
Daryl Hall & John Oates
1980
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. 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.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1980.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
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.
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.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A plea for patience in a long-distance relationship.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1980.html, song-list position 69
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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