| I Promise to Wait My Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas |
| Album: | Riding High |
| B-Side: | Forget Me Not |
| Released: | April 4, 1968 |
| Recorded: | Hitsville USA
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| Genre: | R&B |
| Label: | Gordy |
| Producer: | Richard Morris Billie-Jean Brown Henry Cosby |
| Prev Title: | Honey Chile |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
"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" peaked at #62 on the Hot 100.[2] The song also went to #36 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.[3]
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 539.
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 378.