Right Here Waiting
This is the sighted version that was marked on August 25, 2020. There is 1 pending change that needs to be sighted.
Right Here Waiting is a 1989 song written by Richard Marx and produced by both him and David Cole. It appeared on the album Repeat Offender.
History
In 1989 Richard Marx wrote the song that his wife Cynthia Rhodes inspired him to write: he had been separated from her for three months and saw writing the song as the only way to show her how much he missed her. Within ten minutes he had written the song, but he didn't want to release it because he thought it was too personal. Moreover, he thought the one ballad that was already on the album was enough. After the demo recording of the song happened to get to friends of Marx, who were able to persuade him, the song did make it onto the album. Right Here Waiting was released worldwide on July 5, 1989. The pop ballad reached #1 on the charts in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Poland.
Music video
Two music videos were made for the song, but both were banned because of sexual innuendo. In the first clip, which includes a 42-second sex scene, the action was exclusively sexual. In the second video, Marx controversially held hands with a man for a short time and dancers in tight costumes were seen.
