I Promise to Wait My Love

"I Promise to Wait My Love" is a 1968 single recorded by girl group Martha and the Vandellas (credited as Martha Reeves & the Vandellas), released on the Gordy label.[1] The third release from the group's Ridin' High, it was another single given to them by producer Richard Morris. Produced under a Memphis soul sound similar to soul singer Aretha Franklin, the song has the narrator (lead singer Martha Reeves) promising to wait for her love as he fights in Vietnam, although the song does not overtly reference the war, disguising it as the war being another woman saying that she will love him "even though (he does her) wrong".

""I Promise to Wait My Love""
Single by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
from the album Riding High
B-side"Forget Me Not"
ReleasedApril 4, 1968
Format7" single
RecordedHitsville USA; 1967-1968
GenreR&B
LabelGordy
Songwriter(s)Billie-Jean Brown
George Gordy
Margaret Johnson Gordy
Allen Story
Producer(s)Richard Morris
Billie-Jean Brown
Henry Cosby
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas singles chronology
"Honey Chile"
(1967)		 ""I Promise to Wait My Love""
(1968)		 "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing"
(1968)

Credits

References
  1. The Complete Motown Singles Vol 8: 1968 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.


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