Song · Seven Mary Three
“Wait” by Seven Mary Three
From the album The Economy of Sound (2001)
“Wait” by Seven Mary Three appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album The Economy of Sound. Its best result is #93 on the Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #567 alternative song of 2001.
Seven Mary Three sent "Wait" out on June 5, 2001 as the opening shot from The Economy of Sound, their fifth album, and it pulled double duty as the English-language lead single from the soundtrack to the film Crazy/Beautiful, which followed three weeks later. Radio pounced: it was the format's most-added record across its first two weeks, climbed to number 7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks, and has stuck as one of the band's best-loved songs.
It also bends away from the post-grunge crunch of their early hits. The mid-tempo verses idle on ringing guitar harmonics and hush, then swell into a big, wailing chorus with a sunny melody that echoes the 1970 hit "Signs". The lyric looks back at wasted time and luxuries taken for granted, and at what the narrator learned along the way.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 93 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001 | 100 |
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