Contemporary music critics have also credited the song with making her a leading artist in the dance-pop genre. [55] The following week, the song peaked at number eight on the Hot 100, on the chart dated December 4, 1999. The power returns, and the party celebrates the new year. The hybrid song would foreshadow her international pop reign, paving the way for other American-born Latina pop stars to flourish, such as Selena Gomez and Becky G."[21] In 2019, Billboard ranked it as the ninth greatest song of 1999, stating that it "stands out among her hits all these years later. Landon also made an appearance in the clip as an extra. "[67] Maitri Mehta of Bustle magazine wrote that she was "mesmerized by a vision of a bronze J. [113], The song was featured in Lopez's setlist during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show. Waiting For Tonight (Hummm, oh-oh, yeah) Like a movie scene In the sweetest dream Have pictured us together Now to feel your lips On my fingertips I have to say is even better Than I ever thought it could possibly be It's perfect, it's passion, it's setting me free From all of my sadness the tears that I've cried I have spent all of my life Looking for someone / All his life. "[66] In a press release published by Cision in 2014, it was noted that "Lasers in the jungle and the Y2K vibe of that years New Years Eve celebrations are unforgettable images that helped catapult JLO to international success. [7], "Waiting for Tonight" is the best song of Lopez's career according to Entertainment Weekly,[8] the Chicago Tribune,[9] Slant Magazine,[10] and Idolator, among other sources. [102][103] Lopez performed the track along with several other songs during a July 2013 concert in Hyde Park, London. [99] "Waiting for Tonight" was included on the setlist for her Dance Again World Tour in 2012. “Waiting for Tonight” Jennifer Lopez Singl s albuma On the 6 Format CD, 12", maxi singl Objavljeno 16. studenog 1999. summer's coming and with it the trend towards matt, vibrant colours. 1999 40. [114][115], During Lopez's guest appearance on the sixth season of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, she performed "Waiting for Tonight". Newsday writer Glenn Gamboa stated that it "seemed built for the runway with all the wind machines and strutting models". [80] Tiffany Lee of Yahoo! Kenzie Bryant of Vanity Fair described the set design during the song as "so leafy and green and neon it was reminiscent of her Versace Grammys dress",[112] and Billboard ranked Lopez's performance as the best of the night. [79] MTV's Nicole James compared Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" music video to "Waiting for Tonight". Ric Wake and Richie Jones produced Lopez's Latin house version of "Waiting for Tonight", which differs from the German-sounding Europop version that was recorded by 3rd Party. [100] She performed the song while dancing on a white moving platform. With Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd. [62] A second version of the music video featuring the Hex Hector remix of the song was released, later being included on her extended play The Reel Me (2003). The song earned her a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2000. Andrew Hampp from Billboard wrote that the "laser-drenched" performance reached "World Cup levels of euphoria for a large swath of fans". For "Waiting for Tonight", she worked with choreographer Tina Landon, who previously hired Lopez as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson in the early stages of her career. Von Spotify scrobbeln? [40] Elsewhere, it reached the top fifteen in Norway,[41] Scotland,[42] Switzerland,[43] Ireland,[44] and Germany. Her friends later canoe over a river and travel to a rave party which is being held in a rainforest. [5] Sofia Vyas of Time Out described the song as a combination of disco, 1980s pop, 1990s R&B, and club music. [97] At the Summertime Ball festival hosted by Capital Radio at Wembley Stadium on June 12, 2011, Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" among other songs. "Waiting for Tonight" became Lopez's first song to top the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. [10] AllMusic's Heather Phares praised the Spanish version of the song, "Una Noche Más", for emphasizing Lopez's "distinctive heritage", stating that the track elevated its parent album On the 6 from "a star's vanity project to an individual but accessible work of pop songcraft by a widely talented performer". [32] The song reached number six in Italy,[33] and charted at number seven on the Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands. The performance was broadcast by CBS on September 7, 2007. Waiting for a New Millennium In 1999, Lopez recorded “Waiting for Tonight” for her debut studio album On the 6. Lopez and her female friends are at a house preparing for a New Year's Eve party. [73] Entertainment Weekly regarded it as the best music video of Lopez's career. It follows a chord progression B♭m–A♭6–Fm7–G♭maj7. [56] "Waiting for Tonight" was one of four songs that reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 based solely on radio play. Waiting for Tonight Welcome to Saturday: 9. [35][36] It was certified gold in Belgium for shipments of 25,000 units. The episode aired on April 29, 2004 as the season's finale. Week-by-week music charts, peak chart positions and airplay stats. 3rd Party was a three-member dance-pop group that released a single album in 1997. [85] At the Billboard Music Video Awards, "Waiting for Tonight" received two nominations for Best Video and Best New-Artist Video. [91] The song was included on the setlist of her Let's Get Loud Concerts in Puerto Rico, a performance in which she got down on "all fours" while singing. [93], Lopez performed a remixed version of the song at the charity fundraiser event Fashion Rocks, along with the single "Do It Well". Ric Wake and Richie Jones produced Lopez's Latin house version of "Waiting for Tonight", which differs from the German-sounding Europopversion that was recorded by 3… It was originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party for their debut studio album, Alive (1997). Lead singer Maria Christensen was a songwriter before the band, singing since the age of 5 and writing songs since she was 10. [89] Weeks later, she performed the song at the 11th Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 1999, where she opened the show. 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[34] In Belgium, the song peaked at number four in Wallonia and fifteen in Flanders. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. [15] Los Angeles Times writer Gerrick D. Kennedy stated that "we can all admit that 'Waiting for Tonight' played at our respective millennium celebrations. [54] "Waiting for Tonight" entered the top ten of the Hot 100 on the week ending November 27, 1999, reaching number nine. [17], VH1's Stacy Lambe ranked "Waiting for Tonight" as Lopez's best single, speaking favorably of her "focused" vocals and writing that the track "quickly became a staple for the singer. "[18] Nick Murray of Rolling Stone described it as "music worth getting lost in". By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in … Follow @genius on Twitter for updates Rooney said: "I begged [Ric] and said, 'Look, please we need to go back on this song. [48][49] After entering the Official New Zealand Music Chart at number 42 for the week ending October 31, 1999, the song peaked at number five one month later, and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand for shipment of 7,500 units. [58] The song was, however, released to retail on a limited basis and sold 10,000 copies in the United States by January 2000. The instrumentation of "Waiting for Tonight" consists of a piano and guitar. Waiting for Tonight Lyrics: Man on the run. [82] Natasha Bird of Elle magazine compared the music video for Zayn Malik's "Like I Would" to "Waiting for Tonight", writing: "with the addition of all the smoke, lasers and gyrating girls in booty shorts, we can't help but think that this video is an excellent tribute to Jennifer Lopez's millennium party single". "[95] In 2009, Lopez performed it at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in a revealing catsuit. [23] Richard Harrington from The Washington Post was unfavorable of the song, calling it a "generic" dance track. [24] Deseret News described Lopez's vocals as "sultry" but thin, whilst noting that she finds a "nice ring" in songs such as "Waiting for Tonight". "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); [117] In March 2016, Lopez appeared with James Corden on the Carpool Karaoke segment of his The Late Late Show with James Corden, where she "teaches Corden how to vamp for the camera" as "Waiting for Tonight" plays. [50][51], For the week ending October 16, 1999, "Waiting for Tonight" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 56 as the "Hot Shot Debut of the Week. Wake and Richie Jones produced the album. [28] The track was released on October 27, 1999 in Austria,[29] and five days later in the United Kingdom. "Waiting for Tonight" is considered by various publications, such as Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, to be the best song of Lopez's career. It was 1999 after all, and anything could happen. [71] It is known for its thematic depiction of a Y2K dance party. Verbinde deine Spotify- und Last.fm-Konten, um deine gehörten Later, another scene features Lopez covered with sparkling crystals on her face and body. [83], The music video received several award nominations, including three wins. [53] In its third week, it jumped to number 25 on the Hot 100, while topping the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Inter-cut are scenes of Lopez dancing in a jungle, where green lasers are flashing behind her. Andy rents a costume for Stan's birthday party. Eric Kupper and Diego Sánchez played the keyboards, while Jones played the drums and percussion. Lopez recorded her own version of "Waiting for Tonight" three years after the group's break-up for her debut studio album, On the 6 (1999). In almost all of her music videos, J. This is inter-cut with scenes of Lopez dancing on top of the crowd, as well as frolicking in a Hawaiian river wearing a black bikini. [118] That May, Christina Milian recreated the song's music video on an episode of the reality competition series Lip Sync Battle. Lyrics to 'Waiting For Tonight' by Jennifer Lopez: Like a movie scene in the sweetest dreams I have pictured us together Now to feel your lips on my fingertips, have to say is even better. [92] The performance was televised on NBC on November 20, 2001. The song was later mixed by Diego Sánchez at Cove City Sound Studios. A Spanish version of the song, entitled "Una Noche Más", was adapted by Manny Benito and also recorded for the album. [61], The music video for "Waiting for Tonight" was filmed in Los Angeles. She was wearing a "plunging skintight cat suit". Lo is extremely, overtly sexy but that's the point. [109] At her Las Vegas residency show Jennifer Lopez: All I Have in 2016, Lopez performed a reworked "hyper-futuristic" EDM[110] and house version of "Waiting for Tonight", which included "fierce" voguing. We need to work on this song and really produce it out.'" Lopez has performed "Waiting for Tonight" on various television programs, such as Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, at various award ceremonies, such as the 11th Billboard Music Awards, and at her concert tours, including the Dance Again World Tour and her Las Vegas residency show Jennifer Lopez: All I Have. Ich weiß es noch, März 1999, aus dem Flugzeug gestiegen, in Miami, Florida, raus aus dem Flughafen, mit dem Shuttle Bus zur Autovermietung, in den Wagen gestiegen, das Radio angemacht und da lief: "Waiting for tonight… Sad and alone / Sees no solution. [84] It also won for Best Dance Video at the International Dance Music Awards. The single was a commercial success, reaching the top ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It simultaneously built up the excitement for the New Year while kissing off the fears and drama of the past. "Waiting for Tonight" was released on September 7, 1999, by the Work Group, as the third single from On the 6. [108] Lopez opened her performance at the American Music Awards of 2015 (where she also hosted the ceremony) with a "slower, sultrier" rendition of "Waiting for Tonight". "Waiting for Tonight" was written by Maria Christensen, Michael Garvin, and Phil Temple,[1] originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party. "[77] Diane Cho of VH1 noted that Lopez "trademarked" the glitter-look in "Waiting for Tonight", which was adapted by Britney Spears in "Toxic" and Beyoncé in "1+1". [96] The catsuit provoked a mixed reaction from the public; The host of the show Ryan Seacrest praised the outfit, saying that it "made my year", but others were not so admiring. [45] The single peaked at number sixteen in Sweden,[46] and reached the top thirty in Austria (number twenty-four). Waiting for tonight • Schlafzimmer - Vorzimmer - Elektrisch - Fototapeten - Glamour - Wohnzimmer - Tiere 365 Tage Rückgaberecht Beratung bei der Musterauswahl 100 % … It looks like elephant skin. 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[56] It also peaked at number five on the US Hot 100 Airplay Chart. [106] Three months later, she performed the song again at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix, as part of a 90-minute set. Waiting For Tonight is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her debut album, On The 6 (1999), and the song became the third single from the album and also the most famous version of the song so far, being considered one of Lopez's signature tunes. The video was widely popular, receiving heavy rotation on MTV and VH1, while its use of lasers and body crystals has influenced a range of subsequent music videos over the years. She was clothed in a tribal-print body stocking. [111] Lopez opened her performance at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, where she received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, with "Waiting for Tonight". "[96] Months later in February 2010, Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" as part of a medley of her songs—a set that included "Jenny from the Block", "Love Don't Cost a Thing", "Get Right" and "Let's Get Loud"—at the Sanremo Music Festival, wearing a "skintight, studded leather black catsuit". [72] Fuse ranked the clip at number 30 on their list of the "Top 100 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time" in 2011. It's horrible and so cheesy", while Rooney believed it had potential. Upon hearing the new version, Lopez loved it, and wanted to record it right away. In its eleventh week on the chart, it reached a peak of number four. Directed by Michael McDonald. Jules and Grayson are determined to keep a restaurant reservation, and Ellie [2][3] The song was first presented to Lopez and her producer Cory Rooney by Ric Wake. Speaking of the video's concept, Lopez said: "I wanted it to be fun and have a certain type of energy and he came back with the treatment of the video where it was this millennium party in the jungle. [105] In June of that year, Lopez performed the song during a concert in The Bronx which marked fifteen years since the release of On the 6. Schau das Video für Waiting for Tonight von Jennifer Lopez's On the 6 kostenlos und sieh dir Coverbilder, Songtexte und ähnliche Künstler an. [121], Credits adapted from the liner notes of On the 6.[1]. Christensen, Jane Barrett and Margaret Dorn performed background vocals. [1] According to the digital music sheet published at Musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of B♭ minor. I think that was the first time anyone had used them in a video that way. [88], Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" for the first time on the British music chart television program Top of the Pops, on the episode that aired November 12, 1999 on BBC. //