Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
The differences between this and the album version are that the instrument and vocal break after Cole's opening lyrics are shorter, the first half of the third verse is chopped, the instrument and vocal break near the end are shortened, an early fade over the instrumental drums and the song sounds cleaner. All rights reserved to the owner of this song.
"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, performed and produced by Paula Cole. It was Cole's second single from her album This Fire and later served as the opening theme for the TV series Dawson's Creek. Cole originally wrote the song and recorded a demo of the song in April 1991 but did not officially record and release it until 1996. The single ranked #10 on the 1998 Billboard Hot 100 singles chart year-end summary. The single spent the most consecutive weeks in the top 50 without cracking the top 10, just missing out at #11. The single, with a 56-week-long run, is among the list of the 32 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have had a chart run longer than 50 weeks.
VH1 ranked it as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s at #81.
The differences between this and the album version are that the instrument and vocal break after Cole's opening lyrics are shorter, the first half of the third verse is chopped, the instrument and vocal break near the end are shortened, an early fade over the instrumental drums and the song sounds cleaner. All rights reserved to the owner of this song.
"I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, performed and produced by Paula Cole. It was Cole's second single from her album This Fire and later served as the opening theme for the TV series Dawson's Creek. Cole originally wrote the song and recorded a demo of the song in April 1991 but did not officially record and release it until 1996. The single ranked #10 on the 1998 Billboard Hot 100 singles chart year-end summary. The single spent the most consecutive weeks in the top 50 without cracking the top 10, just missing out at #11. The single, with a 56-week-long run, is among the list of the 32 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have had a chart run longer than 50 weeks.
VH1 ranked it as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s at #81.
