You Better Wait

"You Better Wait"
Artwork for US CD single
Single by Steve Perry
from the album For the Love of Strange Medicine
B-side
  • "Forever Right or Wrong (Love's Like a River)"
  • "If You Need Me, Call Me"
  • "One More Time"
  • "Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)"
ReleasedJune 28, 1994 (1994-06-28)
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 3:45 (single edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriters
ProducerJames "Jimbo" Barton
Steve Perry singles chronology
"Foolish Heart"
(1984)		 "You Better Wait"
(1994)		 "Missing You"
(1994)
Music video
"You Better Wait" on YouTube

"You Better Wait" is a song by American singer-songwriter Steve Perry from his second solo studio album, For the Love of Strange Medicine (1994). The ballad was released as the first single from the album on June 28, 1994. The song peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one in Canada on the week of September 19, 1994.

Track listings

US CD single

  1. "You Better Wait" (long version) – 4:52
  2. "Forever Right or Wrong (Love's Like a River)" – 4:29
  3. "If You Need Me, Call Me" – 5:49
  4. "One More Time" – 3:30
  5. "You Better Wait" (single version) – 3:34

US cassette single and Japanese mini-CD single

  1. "You Better Wait" (single edit)
  2. "Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)"

European maxi-CD single

  1. "You Better Wait" (radio edit) – 3:34
  2. "You Better Wait" (LP version) – 4:52
  3. "Stand Up (Before It's Too Late)" – 4:49

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)10
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) 33
US Billboard Hot 10029
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)17
US Mainstream Rock Airplay (Billboard)6
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)10

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 49

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 28, 1994 Columbia
July 1994
  • CD
  • cassette
Japan July 21, 1994 Mini-CD Sony

References

  1. 1 2 Rosen, Craig (June 11, 1994). "Retail's Open Arms Greet Steve Perry". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 24. pp. 12–13. ISSN 0006-2510. First single, 'You Better Wait,' will be serviced to album rock, top 40, and AC on June 28. The ballad will be available at retail a week later.
  2. ↑ You Better Wait (US CD single liner notes). Columbia Records. 1994. 44K 77669.
  3. ↑ You Better Wait (US cassette single sleeve). Columbia Records. 1994. 38T 77580.
  4. ↑ You Better Wait (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Columbia Records. 1994. SRDS-8289.
  5. ↑ You Better Wait (European maxi-CD single liner notes). Columbia Records. 1994. 660601 2.
  6. ↑ "Top Singles. Volume 60, Issue 9 (1994-09-19)". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Adult Contemporary. Volume 60, Issue 8 (1994-09-12)". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (01.9.–07.9. '94)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). September 1, 1994. p. 16. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Steve Perry Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Steve Perry Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Steve Perry Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Steve Perry Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  13. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM. Retrieved March 26, 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  14. ↑ "遥かなる時 | スティーヴ・ペリー" [Time Far Away | Steve Perry] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 19, 2023.