I'd Wait a Million Years

1969 single by The Grass Roots

"(I'd) Wait a Million Years"

Single by The Grass Roots

from the album Leaving It All Behind^[2]

B-side

"Fly Me to Havana"

Released

June 1969 (1969-06)^[1]

Genre

Psychedelic pop

Length

2:35

Label

ABC/Dunhill

Songwriter(s)

Gary Zekley
Mitchell Bottler

^[3]

Producer(s)

Steve Barri

The Grass Roots singles chronology

"The River Is Wide"
(1969)

"(I'd) Wait a Million Years"
(1969)

"Heaven Knows"
(1969)

"(I'd) Wait a Million Years" (also known as "Wait a Million Years", "Million Years or So", or simply "Million Years") is a 1969 hit single by The Grass Roots.

Background

It was the first of three single releases from the group's fifth LP, Leaving It All Behind, and is among the group's five greatest hits. It was written by Gary Zekley and Mitchell Bottler. The album version contains a slow organ intro and a longer fadeout, increasing the track's length by almost a minute.

Chart performance

The song reached number 15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[4] In Canada, "I'd Wait a Million Years" spent three weeks at number 12.^[5]

Weekly charts

Chart (1969)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	12
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	15
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	12

Year-end charts

Chart (1969)	Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[8]	98
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[9]	125
US Cash Box^[10]	56

Personnel

Arranged By [Horns] – Jimmie Haskell

References

^ Ackerman, Paul, ed. (June 29, 1968). "Spotlight Singles: Top 60 Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 80, no. 26. p. 95. Retrieved March 25, 2011.
^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
^ "The Grass Roots – I'd Wait A Million Years / Fly Me To Havana". Discogs. 1969. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Canada.ca. 22 July 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
^ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 9, 1969^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "RPM Top Singles of 1969". Library and Archives Canada. RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1969". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.