I'd Wait a Million Years

"I'd Wait a Million Years"
Single by The Grass Roots
from the album Leaving It All Behind
B-side "Fly Me to Havana"
Released June 1969 (1969-06)[1]
Format 7" 45 RPM
Genre Rock, psychedelic pop
Length 2:35
Label ABC/Dunhill
Songwriter(s) G. Zekley, M. Bottler[2]
Producer(s) Steve Barri
The Grass Roots singles chronology
"The River Is Wide"
(1969)		 "I'd Wait a Million Years"
(1969)		 "Heaven Knows"
(1969)

"The River Is Wide"
(1969)		 "I'd Wait a Million Years"
(1969)		 "Heaven Knows"
(1969)

"I'd Wait a Million Years" (sometimes "Wait a Million Years") is a 1969 hit single by The Grass Roots. It was the first of three single releases from the group's fifth LP, Leaving It All Behind, and is among the group's five greatest hits. It was written by Gary Zekley and Mitchell Bottler.

The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the Cash Box Top 100.[3] In Canada, "I'd Wait a Million Years" spent three weeks at number 12.[4] The album version of the song contains a slow organ intro and a longer fadeout, increasing the track's length by almost a minute.

Chart performance

Personnel

Arranged By [Horns] – Jimmie Haskell

References

  1. ↑ Ackerman, Paul, ed. (June 29, 1968). "Spotlight Singles: Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard. 80 (26): 95. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Grass Roots – I'd Wait A Million Years / Fly Me To Havana". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969
  4. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Canada.ca. 22 July 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  6. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969
  7. ↑ "RPM Top Singles of 1969". Library and Archives Canada. RPM. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  9. ↑ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969". 50.6.195.142. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2016.


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