Right Here Waiting - wikipedia Right Here Waiting For the Chinese pop song, see Right Here Waiting for You 2010. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2013 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' Single by Richard Marx from the album Repeat Offender B - side `` Wait for the Sunrise '' Released June 29, 1989 ( 1989 - 06 - 29 ) Format 7 - inch single CD single cassette 12 - inch 45 rpm maxi single Recorded December 11, 1988 Studio Magic Record ( Salt Lake City, Utah ) Genre Soft rock Length 4 : 24 Label EMI Songwriter ( s ) Richard Marx Producer ( s ) Richard Marx David Cole Richard Marx singles chronology `` Satisfied '' ( 1989 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' ( 1989 ) `` Angelia '' ( 1989 ) Music video `` Right Here Waiting '' on YouTube `` Right Here Waiting '' is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released in June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, Repeat Offender. The song was a global hit, topping charts throughout the world, including the U.S. where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The song has been covered by many artists, including Monica for her album The Boy Is Mine. Contents 1 Original version 1.1 Background and writing 1.2 Chart performances 1.3 Track listings 1.4 Charts and sales 1.4. 1 Weekly charts 1.4. 2 Year - end charts 1.4. 3 Certifications 1.4. 4 Chart successions 2 Monica cover 2.1 Charts 3 References 4 External links Original version Background and writing `` Right Here Waiting '' was the second single from Repeat Offender, after `` Satisfied ''. Marx wrote the song on the road as a love letter to his wife, the actress Cynthia Rhodes, who was in South Africa shooting on a film. The track was arranged by Marx with Jeffery ( C.J. ) Vanston to feature none of the heavy drums and synthesizers popular at the time, with Marx 's vocal accompanied only by classical guitar ( by Bruce Gaitsch ) and keyboards ( by Vanston ). It is one of Marx 's most frequently covered compositions. Chart performances `` Right Here Waiting '' entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at number 44 in the week of July 8, 1989, and became Marx 's third consecutive number one single on August 12, 1989. Certified Gold on August 21, the record spent three consecutive weeks at number one, replaced by Paula Abdul 's `` Cold Hearted '' in the week of September 2, 1989. The song was Marx 's first of several to go to number one on the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart. Certified Platinum on October 16, 1989, `` Right Here Waiting '' is Marx 's best selling single. It is also his most enduring, charting in the top 15 of Billboard 's Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart for four years running, from 2000 to 2003, more than ten years after its release. The song also reached # 1 on the Radio & Records CHR / Pop Airplay chart on August 4, 1989 staying on the top of the chart for three weeks and remained on the chart for thirteen weeks. In the United Kingdom, the song was released in September 1989 and peaked at # 2. Track listings 7 '' single `` Right Here Waiting '' -- 4 : 23 `` Wait for the Sunrise '' -- 4 : 13 3 '' single `` Right Here Waiting '' -- 4 : 23 `` Wait for the Sunrise '' -- 4 : 13 `` Hold on to the Nights '' ( live at the Palace Theatre, Los Angeles, CA ) -- 4 : 48 CD single `` Right Here Waiting '' `` Hold on to the Nights '' ( live ) `` That Was Lulu '' ( live ) `` Wild Life '' Cassette `` Right Here Waiting '' -- 4 : 23 `` Wait for the Sunrise '' -- 4 : 13 `` Right Here Waiting '' -- 4 : 23 `` Wait for the Sunrise '' -- 4 : 13 Charts and sales Weekly charts Chart ( 1989 -- 1990 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 19 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada ( The Record ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) France ( SNEP ) 19 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 12 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( FIMI ) 48 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Spain ( AFYVE ) 17 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 7 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 6 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Radio & Records CHR / Pop Airplay Chart US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) Chart ( 2000 ) Peak position US Adult Contemporary Recurrents ( Billboard ) 10 Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Rank Australia ( ARIA ) 14 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) New Zealand 35 UK 30 US Billboard Hot 100 11 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified Canada Gold September 27, 1989 50,000 UK Silver September 1, 1989 200,000 U.S. Platinum October 16, 1989 1,000,000 Chart successions Preceded by `` If You Do n't Know Me by Now '' by Simply Red Billboard Adult Contemporary ( chart ) number - one single August 5, 1989 ( 6 weeks ) Succeeded by `` One '' by The Bee Gees Preceded by `` Batdance '' by Prince Billboard Hot 100 number - one single August 12, 1989 - August 26, 1989 ( 3 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Cold Hearted '' by Paula Abdul Preceded by `` If You Do n't Know Me By Now '' by Simply Red Australian ARIA number - one single September 10, 1989 - October 8, 1989 ( 5 weeks ) Succeeded by `` If I Could Turn Back Time '' by Cher Preceded by `` Every Day ( I Love You More ) '' by Jason Donovan Irish IRMA number - one single September 21, 1989 ( 1 week ) Succeeded by `` Ride On Time '' by Black Box Preceded by `` Swing the Mood '' by Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers New Zealand RIANZ number - one single November 10, 1989 - November 24, 1989 ( 3 weeks ) Succeeded by `` Escaping '' by Margaret Urlich Monica cover This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( March 2018 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' Single by Monica featuring 112 from the album The Boy is Mine Released December 14, 1999 ( 1999 - 12 - 14 ) ( R&B radio ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1998 Genre R&B Length 4 : 29 Label Arista Songwriter ( s ) Richard Marx, Bruce Gaitsch Producer ( s ) David Foster Monica singles chronology `` Gone Be Fine '' ( 1999 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' ( 1999 ) `` I 've Got to Have It '' ( 2000 ) The Boy Is Mine track listing `` Take Him Back '' ( 9 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' ( 10 ) `` Cross the Room '' ( 11 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' was covered by the American R&B artist Monica. It was only released in the United States in December 1999 as the seventh and final single from her second studio album, The Boy Is Mine, and features the R&B band 112. No music video was made for the song. Charts Chart ( 1999 ) Peak position US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B / Hip - Hop Singles References Jump up ^ Jon O'Brien ( November 1, 2010 ). `` Stories to Tell - Richard Marx ''. AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2014. ^ Jump up to : Billboard Allmusic.com ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) ^ Jump up to : U.S. certifications riaa.com ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx Songfacts ''. ^ Jump up to : `` Right here waiting ''. Jump up ^ `` Right Here Waiting '', UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ ( Nanda Lwin ( 1999 ). Top 40 Hits : The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. ISBN 1 - 896594 - 13 - 1. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Richard Marx Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009 - 06 - 03 at WebCite ( Retrieved February 15, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete : M ''. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Richard Marx '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting ''. VG - lista. Jump up ^ Salaverri, Fernando ( September 2005 ). Sólo éxitos : año a año, 1959 -- 2002 ( 1st ed. ). Spain : Fundación Autor - SGAE. ISBN 84 - 8048 - 639 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting ''. Singles Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- Richard Marx -- Right Here Waiting ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Jump up ^ `` Richard Marx : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Richard Marx Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Richard Marx ''. Jump up ^ `` Richard Marx Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved April 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Richard Marx chart history for Adult Contemporary Recurrents ''. Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2017. Jump up ^ 1989 Australian Singles Chart aria.com Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) Jump up ^ `` Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989 ''. RPM. December 23, 1999. Retrieved November 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Official New Zealand Music Charts - End Of Year Chart 1989 Jump up ^ `` Year - End Charts ' 89 -- Top 100 Singles ''. Music Week. London, England : Spotlight Publications. 3 March 1990. p. 16. Jump up ^ Canada certifications cria.ca Archived May 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) Jump up ^ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk ( Retrieved September 8, 2008 ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Richard Marx Studio albums Richard Marx Repeat Offender Rush Street Paid Vacation Flesh and Bone Days in Avalon My Own Best Enemy Emotional Remains Sundown Christmas Spirit Beautiful Goodbye Compilations Ballads Greatest Hits ( 1997 ) The Best of Richard Marx The Essential Richard Marx Timeline Duo Stories to Tell Hits & Ballads Inside My Head Seven & Seven Now and Forever : The Ballads The Ultimate Collection Promo compilations Marx Greatest Hits ( 1993 ) The Music of Richard Marx : 1987 -- 2009 Live albums Live in USA 1988 / 92 Live Music Hall Koln 1992 Channel V at the Hard Rock Live Duo Live A Night Out With Friends Singles `` Do n't Mean Nothing '' `` Should 've Known Better '' `` Endless Summer Nights '' `` Hold On to the Nights '' `` Have Mercy '' `` Satisfied '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` Angelia '' `` Nothin ' You Can Do About It '' `` Too Late to Say Goodbye '' `` Children of the Night '' `` Keep Coming Back '' `` Hazard '' `` Take This Heart '' `` Chains Around My Heart '' `` Playing With Fire '' `` Now And Forever '' `` Silent Scream '' `` The Way She Loves Me '' `` Nothing Left Behind Us '' `` Until I Find You Again '' `` At the Beginning '' `` Days in Avalon '' `` Straight from My Heart '' `` When You 're Gone '' `` Nothing Left To Say '' `` Ready to Fly '' `` Everybody '' `` When You Loved Me '' `` When Love Is All You 've Got '' `` Christmas Spirit '' `` Would n't Let Me Love You '' `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' `` The Little Drummer Boy '' `` Christmas Mornings '' `` O Holy Night '' `` Just Go '' `` Whatever We Started '' `` Beautiful Goodbye '' `` Last Thing I Wanted '' Songs written `` What About Me '' ( Kenny Rogers, James Ingram, Kim Carnes / 1984 ) `` Crazy '' ( Kenny Rogers / 1985 ) `` Somebody Took My Love '' ( Durell Coleman ) / 1985 `` Edge of a Broken Heart '' ( Vixen / 1989 ) `` Nothing to Hide '' ( Poco / 1989 ) `` The Best of Me '' ( Cliff Richard / 1989 ) `` Heart in Pieces '' ( Tim Feehan / 1990 ) `` The Reason Why '' ( John Farnham / 1993 ) `` Every Year, Every Christmas '' ( Luther Vandross / 1995 ) `` If You Ever Leave Me '' ( Barbra Streisand, Vince Gill / 1999 ) `` One More Time '' ( Laura Pausini / 1999 ) `` Angel on My Shoulder '' ( Natalie Cole / 2000 ) `` This I Promise You '' ( ' N Sync / 2000 ) `` Still Holding Out For You '' ( SHeDAISY / 2001 ) `` To Where You Are '' ( Josh Groban / 2002 ) `` Dance with My Father '' ( Luther Vandross / 2003 ) `` Life Got in the Way '' ( Sister Hazel / 2003 ) `` Someday '' ( Vince Gill / 2003 ) `` With This Ring '' ( Kenny Loggins / 2003 ) `` I Miss Us '' ( Kenny Loggins / 2004 ) `` Last One Standing '' ( Emerson Drive / 2004 ) `` World Inside My Head '' ( Sister Hazel / 2004 ) `` Better Life '' ( Keith Urban / 2005 ) `` If You Were My Girl '' ( Emerson Drive / 2005 ) `` Everybody '' ( Keith Urban / 2007 ) `` You Never Take Me Dancing '' ( Travis Tritt / 2007 ) `` Just Like You '' ( George Canyon / 2008 ) `` One Little Miracle '' ( Hawk Nelson / 2008 ) `` All Over Me '' ( Default / 2009 ) `` All or Nothing '' ( George Canyon / 2009 ) `` In Your Arms Again '' ( George Canyon, Crystal Shawanda / 2009 ) `` Long Hot Summer '' ( Keith Urban / 2010 ) `` Surrender '' ( George Canyon / 2011 ) `` Take Me Down '' ( Vince Gill / 2016 ) `` Now And Forever '' ( Cliff Richard / 2017 ) Musicals Beauty and the Beast Related articles Discography Songwriting / Production Sessions Monica songs Discography Miss Thang `` Before You Walk Out of My Life '' `` Do n't Take It Personal ( Just One of Dem Days ) '' `` Let 's Straighten It Out '' `` Like This and Like That '' `` Why I Love You So Much '' The Boy Is Mine `` Angel of Mine '' `` Gone Be Fine '' `` Inside '' `` Misty Blue '' `` Right Here Waiting '' `` Street Symphony '' `` The Boy Is Mine '' `` The First Night '' All Eyez on Me `` All Eyez on Me '' `` Too Hood '' After the Storm `` Get It Off '' `` Knock Knock '' `` So Gone '' `` U Should 've Known Better '' The Makings of Me `` A Dozen Roses ( You Remind Me ) '' `` Everytime tha Beat Drop '' `` Hell No ( Leave Home ) '' `` Sideline Ho '' Still Standing `` Everything to Me '' `` Here I Am '' `` Love All Over Me '' `` Still Standing '' New Life `` Anything ( To Find You ) '' `` It All Belongs to Me '' `` Until It 's Gone '' `` Without You '' Code Red `` Just Right for Me '' As featured artist `` Always '' `` Freedom ( Theme from Panther ) '' `` Hold On '' `` I Ai n't Trying to Hear It '' `` I 'll Give All My Love to You '' `` Slow Jam '' `` Somebody Bigger Than You and I '' `` Trust '' `` Wake Up Everybody '' `` What 's Going On ( Dupri R&B Mix ) '' Other songs `` Ai n't Nobody '' `` For You I Will '' `` Grown - Up Christmas List '' `` Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas '' `` I 've Got to Have It '' `` Just Another Girl '' 112 Quinnes Parker ( Q ) Michael Keith ( Mike ) Marvin Scandrick ( Slim ) Daron Jones Albums 112 Room 112 Part III Hot & Wet Pleasure & Pain Singles `` Only You '' `` Come See Me '' `` Cupid '' `` Love Me '' `` Anywhere '' `` Love You Like I Did '' `` Your Letter '' `` It 's Over Now '' `` Peaches & Cream '' `` Dance with Me '' `` Na Na Na Na '' `` Hot & Wet '' `` Right Here for U '' `` U Already Know '' `` What If '' Featured singles `` I 'll Be Missing You '' `` All Cried Out '' `` Sky 's the Limit '' `` Right Here Waiting '' See also Discography Bad Boy Records Julio Iglesias Discography Studio albums Yo canto ( 1969 ) Un canto a Galicia ( 1972 ) Soy ( 1973 ) A flor de piel ( 1974 ) A México ( 1975 ) El amor ( 1975 ) America ( 1976 ) A mis 33 años ( 1977 ) Emociones ( 1978 ) Sono un pirata, sono un signore ( 1978 ) À vous les femmes ( 1979 ) Hey ! ( 1980 ) De niña a mujer ( 1981 ) Zartlichkeiten ( 1981 ) Momentos ( 1982 ) Momenti ( 1982 ) Et l'amour crea la femme ( 1982 ) 1100 Bel Air Place ( 1984 ) Libra ( 1985 ) Un hombre solo ( 1987 ) Tutto l'amore che ti manca ( 1987 ) Non Stop ( 1988 ) Raíces ( 1989 ) Starry Night ( 1990 ) Calor ( 1992 ) Crazy ( 1994 ) La carretera ( 1995 ) Tango ( 1996 ) Noche de cuatro lunas ( 2000 ) Ao Meu Brasil ( 2001 ) Divorcio ( 2003 ) Romantic Classics ( 2006 ) 1 ( 2011 ) México ( 2015 ) Live albums En concierto ( 1983 ) Compilation albums Da Manuela a Pensami ( 1978 ) Minhas canções preferidas ( 1981 ) Julio ( 1983 ) My Life : The Greatest Hits ( 1998 ) Mi vida : Grandes éxitos ( 1998 ) Love Songs ( 2003 ) 1 : The Collection ( 2014 ) Singles `` Chiquilla '' ( 1970 ) `` Gwendolyne '' ( 1970 ) `` Cucurrucucú paloma '' ( 1975 ) `` Pauvres Diables '' ( 1979 ) `` Begin the Beguine '' ( 1981 ) `` Yours ( Quiéreme Mucho ) '' ( 1981 ) `` Amor '' ( 1984 ) `` All of You '' ( 1984 ) `` The Air That I Breathe '' ( 1984 ) `` To All the Girls I 've Loved Before '' ( 1984 ) `` I 've Got You Under My Skin '' ( 1985 ) `` We Are the World '' ( 1985 ) `` Lo Mejor de Tu Vida '' ( 1987 ) `` Que No Se Rompa la Noche '' ( 1987 ) `` Bamboléo '' ( 1989 ) `` Vincent '' ( 1990 ) `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' ( 1990 ) `` Crazy '' ( 1994 ) `` Oye Como Va '' ( 1994 ) `` When You Tell Me That You Love Me '' ( 1994 ) `` El Choclo '' ( 1996 ) `` La Gota Fría '' ( 1998 ) `` Everybody 's Talkin ' '' ( 2006 ) Non-single covers `` ¡ Ay, Jalisco, no te rajes ! '' `` Feelings '' `` Grande grande grande '' `` Guantanamera '' `` Hier Encore '' `` Historia de un Amor '' `` If '' `` La Flor de la Canela '' `` La Vie en rose '' `` Mamy Blue '' `` Mi Buenos Aires querido '' `` My Sweet Lord '' `` Puedes Llegar '' `` Quando m'innamoro '' `` Something '' `` When I Fall in Love '' `` You Belong to My Heart '' `` Dulce Carolina '' ( 1972 ) `` La Mer '' ( 1976 ) `` Obsesión '' ( 1976 ) `` Ron y Coca - Cola '' ( 1980 ) `` Moon Over Naples '' ( 1988 ) `` And I Love Her '' ( 1990 ) `` If You Go Away '' ( 1990 ) `` 99 Miles from L.A. '' ( 1990 ) `` Caruso '' ( 1994 ) `` Crazy in Love '' ( 1998 ) `` Mi Manera '' ( 1998 ) `` Corazón Partío '' ( 2000 ) `` Quizás, Quizás, Quizás '' ( 2004 ) `` Careless Whisper '' ( 2006 ) `` Right Here Waiting '' ( 2006 ) `` Somos Novios '' ( 2006 ) `` This Guy 's in Love with You '' ( 2006 ) Usage `` It Never Rains in Southern California '' in `` Moonlight Lady '' `` Dark Eyes '' in `` Nostalgie ( Nathalie ) '' Family Julio Iglesias Sr. ( father ) Julio Iglesias Jr. ( son ) Enrique Iglesias ( son ) Chabeli Iglesias ( daughter ) Isabel Preysler ( first wife ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Right_Here_Waiting&oldid=835648533 '' Categories : 112 ( band ) songs 1989 singles 1990 singles 1999 singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles Leif Bloms songs Monica ( singer ) songs Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in New Zealand Rock ballads Richard Marx songs RPM Top Singles number - one singles Scotts ( band ) songs Songs written by Richard Marx 1989 songs Hidden categories : Webarchive template webcite links Webarchive template wayback links Articles needing additional references from November 2013 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Australia Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for France Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Swiss Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Articles needing additional references from March 2018 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Հայերեն Italiano Magyar Nederlands Português Русский Simple English Slovenčina Svenska ไทย Tiếng Việt 7 more Edit links This page was last edited on 9 April 2018, at 23 : 14. 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Question: who wrote the song right here waiting for you
Answer: American singer and songwriter Richard Marx