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'{{Short description|1987 single by Mandy Smith}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox song | name = I Just Can't Wait | cover = Mandy Smith - I Just Can't Wait.jpg | alt = | border = yes | caption = Artwork for most 7-inch vinyl releases | type = single | artist = [[Mandy Smith]] | album = [[Mandy (album)|Mandy]] | B-side = You're Never Alone | released = January 1987 | recorded = | studio = PWL (London) | genre = [[Synth-pop]] | length = 3:24 | label = [[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL]] | writer = [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] | producer = Stock Aitken Waterman | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Positive Reaction (song)|Positive Reaction]] | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Js9vvKIO5gE|"I Just Can't Wait"}} }} }} "'''I Just Can't Wait'''" is the debut [[Single (music)|single]] by English singer [[Mandy Smith]], produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]], and was the first release by [[Pete Waterman]]'s new label, [[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL]] in January 1987. Despite intense publicity in the wake of Smith's relationship with [[Bill Wyman]], the song charted poorly in the UK — a result the producers blamed on the hostility of the British media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 19: Looking Good Diving to I Just Can't Wait on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-19-looking-good-diving-to-i-just-cant-wait/id1565879477?i=1000546134676 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref> It proved, however, to be a substantial hit in a number of European countries. Remixed versions of the song were released in the UK in 1992 and 1995, but did not chart. ==Critical reception== While "I Just Can't Wait" missed the top 40 in her home country, the track's [[Balearic beat]] version, the "Cool and Breezy Jazz Mix", was critically well received, and has been called "one of the coolest records SAW ever made".<ref name=":0" /> ''[[Smash Hits#Australian edition|Smash Hits Australia]]'' slated the song as "awful [and] mildly suggestive", though songwriter [[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]] denied that the title was a reference to the scandal surrounding Smith's underage relationship with Wyman.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, Alexis Petridis of ''[[The Guardian]]'' listed the Cool and Breezy Jazz Version at number 15 in his "Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked!", adding: "It expunges almost all of Smith's vocal in favour of an acoustic guitar solo, and sounds suitably sun-drenched and blissful".<ref>{{cite news |title=Stock Aitken Waterman's 20 greatest songs – ranked! |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Alexis |last=Petridis |date=23 November 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/23/stock-aitken-watermans-20-greatest-songs-ranked |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> ==Chart performance== "I Just Can't Wait" was a commercial failure in the UK and Australia, where it peaked at number 91 in both countries, with three weeks of charting in the UK in February and March 1987.<ref name="UK"/><ref name="Australia"/> The song, however, did better in Continental Europe, particularly in Norway, the only nation in which it entered the top ten, attaining number nine.<ref name="Norway"/> It was also a top 20 hit in Germany where it reached number 14 with a 12-week chart run,<ref name="Germany"/> Switzerland where it culminated at number 16 and charted for eight weeks,<ref name="Switzerland"/> and Italy where it peaked at number 20 and totaled 11 weeks on the chart.<ref name="Italy"/> In addition, it spent two weeks in the top 50 of the New Zealand Singles Chart, with number 37 as highest position,<ref name="NZ"/> and was present for two weeks on the ''[[Music & Media]]''{{'}}s Pan-[[Eurochart Hot 100]] singles chart, peaking at number 90 in its first week.<ref name="Europe"/> == Track listings == * '''UK 7-inch single'''<ref name="I Just Can't Wait">{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Just Can't Wait |others=[[Mandy Smith]] |date=1987 |type=UK 7-inch single liner notes |publisher=[[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Empire]] |id=PWL 1}}</ref> :A. "I Just Can't Wait" – 3:24 :B. "You're Never Alone" – 3:40 * '''UK 12-inch single'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Just Can't Wait |others=[[Mandy Smith]] |date=1987 |type=UK 12-inch single liner notes |publisher=[[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Empire]] |id=PWLT1}}</ref> :A. "I Just Can't Wait" – 7:00 :B1. "I Just Can't Wait" (Instrumental) – 4:25 :B2. "You're Never Alone" – 3:40 * '''UK 12" single - 1992 mixes'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Just Can't Wait |others=[[Mandy Smith]] |date=1992 |type=UK 12" single liner notes |publisher=[[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Empire]] |id=JCW-2}}</ref> :A. "I Just Can't Wait" (Garage Discotech mix) :B1. "I Just Can't Wait" (the Vocal Loc mix) :B2. "I Just Can't Wait" (the Vocal Loc mix) (instrumental) * '''UK 12" single - 1995 mixes'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=I Just Can't Wait |others=[[Mandy Smith]] |date=1995 |type=UK 12" single liner notes |publisher=Public Demand |id=PPDTDJ 12}}</ref> :A1. "I Just Can't Wait" (Brandon Block/Alex P remix) :A2. "I Just Can't Wait" (Shades of Rhythm Dub mix) :B1. "I Just Can't Wait" (Keith Mac Project remix) :B2. "I Just Can't Wait" (the Cool and Breezy Jazz version) == Credits and personnel == Credits and personnel adapted from the ''Mandy'' album and 7-inch single liner notes:<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[Mandy (album)|Mandy]] |others=[[Mandy Smith]] |date=1988 |type=LP, Vinyl, CD |publisher=[[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL Records]] |id=HF 2}}</ref><ref name="I Just Can't Wait" /> * [[Mandy Smith]] – vocals * [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] – songwriter, producer * Mark McGuire – engineering * [[Brian Aris]] – cover art, photographer == Charts == {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "I Just Can't Wait" !scope="col"| Chart (1987) !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="Australia">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |year=1993 |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |91 |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref name="Europe">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-04-25.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=4|issue=16|date=25 April 1987|page=18-19<!-- 10 in PDF file -->|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History |accessdate=9 October 2023}}</ref> |align="center"|90 |- !scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref name="Italy">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |title=Classifiche |publisher=[[Musica e dischi]] |language=Italian |access-date=28 June 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201160637/https://musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php |archive-date=1 December 2016}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Mandy".</ref> |19 |- {{single chart|New Zealand|37|song=I Just Can't Wait|artist=Mandy|refname="NZ"|access-date=28 June 2023|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Norway|9|song=I Just Can't Wait|artist=Mandy|refname="Norway"|access-date=28 June 2023|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|16|song=I Just Can't Wait|artist=Mandy|refname="Switzerland"|access-date=28 June 2023|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|91|song=I Just Can't Wait|artist=Mandy Smith|artistid=23952|refname="UK"|access-date=28 June 2023|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|14|song=I Just Can't Wait|songid=1578|artist=Mandy|refname="Germany"|access-date=28 June 2023|rowheader=true}} |- |} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:1987 songs]] [[Category:1987 debut singles]] [[Category:Mandy Smith songs]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman]] [[Category:Songs written by Matt Aitken]] [[Category:Songs written by Mike Stock (musician)]] [[Category:Songs written by Pete Waterman]] [[Category:Pete Waterman Entertainment singles]]'