Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You

2003 single by S Club 7

and Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 A-side"Say Goodbye"B-side
  • "Special Kind of Something"
  • "Bittersweet"
Released26 May 2003 (2003-05-26)Length3:48Label
  • Polydor
  • 19
Songwriter(s)
  • Simon Ellis
  • Sheppard Solomon
Producer(s)
  • Simon Ellis
  • Dan Frampton
S Club singles chronology
"Alive"
(2002) 		"Say Goodbye" / "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You"
(2003) 		"These Are The Days"
(2023)
Music video"Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You" on YouTube

"Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" is a song by British pop group S Club and was originally the last single by the band, released on their final studio album Seeing Double and included on the compilation Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7. It was released in United Kingdom on 26 May 2003 as double A-side with "Say Goodbye". In other countries, only "Say Goodbye" was released as single.

Music video

This video is a montage, incorporating scenes from the Seeing Double movie (which the song features in) along with shots from all their previous music videos, series of their TV show and the Carnival 2002 arena tour.

Track listings

  • UK CD1 and Australasian CD single[1]
  1. "Say Goodbye"
  2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (single remix)
  3. "Special Kind of Something"
  4. "Say Goodbye" (video)
  5. Goodbye messages from Rachel, Tina and Bradley (video)
  1. "Say Goodbye"
  2. "Bittersweet"
  3. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (video)
  4. Goodbye messages from Jon, Jo and Hannah (video)
  • UK cassette single[3]
  1. "Say Goodbye"
  2. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Illicit vocal mix)
  • Digital single[4]
  1. "Say Goodbye"
  2. "Special Kind of Something"
  3. "Bittersweet"
  4. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Single Remix)
  5. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Illicit Vocal Mix)
  6. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Illicit Dub Mix)
  7. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)
  8. "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" (Harry's Afro Hut 'Going Down' Mix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes.[1]

Studios

  • Produced at Strongroom Studios (London, England)
  • Engineered and mixed at The Aquarium (London, England)
  • Mastered at Transfermation (London, England)

Personnel

  • Simon Ellis – writing, programming, production
  • Sheppard Solomon – writing
  • David Rainger – guitars
  • Simon Hill – additional drum programming
  • Nick Ingman – string arrangement, conducting
  • Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
  • Isobel Griffiths Ltd. – orchestra contracting
  • Dan Frampton – production
  • Stephen Lipson – additional production, additional programming
  • Heff Moraes – mixing, engineering
  • Richard Dowling – mastering

Charts

All entries charted with "Say Goodbye".

Weekly charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 75
Scotland (OCC)[6] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 53

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 26 May 2003
  • CD
  • cassette
 [9]
Australia 7 July 2003 CD [10]

References

  1. ^ a b Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK CD1 & Australasian CD single liner notes). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807139.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK CD2 liner notes). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807140.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You (UK cassette single sleeve). S Club. Polydor Records, 19 Recordings. 2003. 9807141.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Say Goodbye / Love Ain't Gonna Wait For You by S Club on Apple Music". Apple Music.
  5. ^ "Issue 699" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  8. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  9. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 26 May 2003: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 May 2003. p. 25. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th July 2003" (PDF). ARIA. 7 July 2003. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2003. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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