| "Why Wait" | ||||
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| Single by Rascal Flatts | ||||
| from the album Nothing Like This | ||||
| Released | August 2, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:46 | |||
| Label | Big Machine | |||
| Writer(s) | Neil Thrasher Tom Shapiro Jimmy Yeary[1] |
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| Producer | Dann Huff[2] | |||
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"Why Wait" is the title of a song written by Neil Thrasher, Tom Shapiro and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by country music band Rascal Flatts. It was released as the first single from their seventh studio album Nothing Like This, released on November 16, 2010.[3] It is their first single released by Big Machine Records.[4]
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The music video, directed by Billy Zabka, was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada, following a story reminiscent of the comedy film The Hangover. David Arquette plays the man in the video who proposes to his girlfriend. Rick Harrison, owner of the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop and star of the History Channel original show Pawn Stars, makes a cameo appearance in the video when the Flatts and Arquette stop at the pawn shop to buy an engagement ring. Also in the video are cameos by Ron White, Carrot Top, Victoria Justice, Wayne Newton, and Penn and Teller.
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a three-out-of-five rating, saying the lyrics "may be 'cheesy' to some, but it fits right where we'd expect a Rascal Flatts song to go."[2] Giving it a "thumbs up," Jim Malec of American Twang thought that it was a return in sound to the band's earlier albums, also praising the "great details and images" of the lyrics as well as Gary LeVox's vocals.[1] Tara Seetharam gave the song a B+ rating, referring to it as "a tasteful, vintage-Flatts track marked by an infectious rush of joy." She positively commented on the production, lyrics, and LeVox's vocals, stating that "the song gets everything right."[5]
"Why Wait" debuted at #34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for the week of August 14, 2010,[6] and became the group's eleventh Number One hit for the week of December 18, 2010.
| Chart (2010-2011) | Peak position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 48 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[9] | 60 |
| Chart (2011) | Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[10] | 66 |
| Preceded by "If I Die Young" by The Band Perry |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single December 18-December 25, 2010 |
Succeeded by "Turn On the Radio" by Reba McEntire |
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