Import from UK. Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). 12" Single. Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; moderate scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); tear near center-left on back. Inner-sleeve is plastic. Spine has no text and shows wear. Shelf-wear along side-edges and corners. Top opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)
My Love is Waiting is a song written by musician Gordon Banks and recorded and released by Marvin Gaye, as a European-only single, it was also the last track on Gaye's final album in his lifetime, Midnight Love. The song was written by Banks with another act in mind that he was producing back in the United States. While working with Gaye in Europe, first on several tours and then together at a Belgian recording studio where they recorded Gaye's Midnight Love album, Gaye had struggled to complete his new record, his first outside Motown. Upon hearing the demo of Banks' song, Gaye requested to record the song, which Banks agreed. Gaye and Banks produced the song and arranged his vocals, recording multi-layered background vocals on one date, and a solo lead the next. Surprisingly, Gaye made just a few additions to this song. In the song, he begins it by thanking several people for helping him make the album for CBS Records, including Harvey Fuqua, Gordon Banks, Mike Butcher, CBS' black music chief Larkin Arnold, and "most of all, we want to thank our Heavenly father, Jesus!" before the song's melody emerges. The song is about a man coming back to an old lover after several months apart. The song's ironic message was also partially due to Gaye returning to the arms of his fans after a five-year layoff. Gaye would return to the United States in late 1982 following the release of Midnight Love. During his Sexual Healing Tour, Gaye would end his shows with the song being played as an instrumental outro where he took the time to thank several of his close friends and family, and also, like the song itself, also thanked God saying "I still love Jesus!" Gaye died two years later in 1984, making the words seem prophetic. While it was never issued as a single in the US, it did register on the UK Singles Chart peaking at No. 34 on the chart and the Dutch singles chart where it peaked at No. 5.