I'm Glad I Waited

Annotation

This track by the Chicago soul group The Players, a follow-on from He'll Be Back, appears to have been released on single under two different names: "I'm Glad I Waited" and "I'm Glad You Waited" - both with the same catalogue number and both the same song (Minit # 32012). It also featured on the album He'll Be Back. In the song "He'll Be Back" the soldier received his draft card and went to Vietnam. He promised his girl that he would be back. In this song the soldier has returned from Vietnam "fighting for Uncle Sam". While fighting he suffered "moments of loneliness" but for his girl he "kept trying, trying".Also featured in: • Vietnam War: Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — US Combat Perspective Songs

This track by the Chicago soul group The Players, a follow-on from He'll Be Back, appears to have been released on single under two different names: "I'm Glad I Waited" and "I'm Glad You Waited" - both with the same catalogue number and both the same song (Minit # 32012). It also featured on the album He'll Be Back. In the song "He'll Be Back" the soldier received his draft card and went to Vietnam. He promised his girl that he would be back. In this song the soldier has returned from Vietnam "fighting for Uncle Sam". While fighting he suffered "moments of loneliness" but for his girl he "kept trying, trying".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: In Vietnam...I have been fighting for Uncle Sam / At times I thought that I'd never return / Here I am, now that I'm back / I hope that you will be better than before / I didn't want to leave you, but you know that I had to go / All I can remember was the tears in your eyes / Soldiers die all around me, you were still on my mind... / Moments of loneliness in my life but I know you were waiting / For your love I kept trying, trying and I could not fall / I'm so glad that you waited

Notes

Minit 32012 (MN-869), "A Product of Liberty Records", "A Division of Liberty Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California", black label; "I'm Glad I Waited" (Al Smith), Alstein Music Co., BMI, 2:45, "From the Minit album 'He'll Be Back' – LP-40006"; The Players, produced by Cal Carter, arranged by Riley Hampton. [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

American R&B vocal group from Chicago, active 1966-67 on Minit Records, produced by ex-Vee-Jay chief Calvin Carter. On the hit 'He'll Be Back' (1966) - a ballad about a young woman whose man is serving in Vietnam - lead singer Herbert Butler was backed by four members of the Dells (Chuck Barksdale, Johnny Carter, Vern Allison, Mickey McGill); Otha Lee Givens and Tony Lee Johnson then joined Butler for touring and the album. 'I'm Glad I Waited' (1966) is the sequel single in which the soldier comes home. [Source: Wikipedia / Popdose]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective

In collections

Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]