Let’s Wait Awhile

E335183
single song

"Let's Wait Awhile" is a 1987 R&B ballad by Janet Jackson that emphasizes themes of sexual abstinence and emotional readiness in a relationship.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Let’s Wait Awhile canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Control ⓘ
artist Janet Jackson ⓘ
associatedAct Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
bSide Pretty Boy ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSHotR&BHipHopSongs 1 ⓘ
composer Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Jam

Terry Lewis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBy The Pleasure Principle ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
ballad ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Various artists ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
includedInTourSetlist Control Tour ⓘ
Janet World Tour ⓘ
Number Ones ⓘ
surface form: Number Ones: Up Close and Personal

Rhythm Nation World Tour ⓘ
surface form: Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990

Unbreakable World Tour ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:37 ⓘ
lyricalFocus delaying sexual intimacy ⓘ
respecting boundaries in a relationship ⓘ
lyricist Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Jam

Terry Lewis ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Dominic Sena ⓘ
notableFor promoting messages of abstinence in pop and R&B music ⓘ
partOfAlbum Control ⓘ
performer Janet Jackson ⓘ
precededBy Control ⓘ
producer Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Jimmy Jam

Terry Lewis ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1985–1986 ⓘ
recordLabel A&M Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1987-01-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme emotional readiness in a relationship ⓘ
sexual abstinence ⓘ
vocalRange mezzo-soprano lead vocal by Janet Jackson ⓘ
vocalStyle soft ballad ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Control → hasPart → Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ
Control (song) → chronologyNextTitle → Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ
Control (album) → hasPart → Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ
Control (album) → hasMusicVideoFor → Let’s Wait Awhile ⓘ