Wait Until Tomorrow
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| "Wait Until Tomorrow" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| from the album Axis: Bold as Love | |
| Released | December 1, 1967 |
| Recorded | October 26, 1967 |
| Studio | Olympic Sound, London |
| Genre | Rhythm and blues[1] |
| Length | 3:00 |
| Label | Track |
| Songwriter | Jimi Hendrix |
| Producer | Chas Chandler |
"Wait Until Tomorrow" is a song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience from their 1967 second album Axis: Bold as Love. Written by Jimi Hendrix, the song details the scenario of a male protagonist addressing his female love with whom he plans to leave home, only to be shot dead by her father. Despite not being released as a single, "Wait Until Tomorrow" has been recognized as one of the strongest songs on the album.[2][3]
"Wait Until Tomorrow" was one of the first "situation song[s]" written by Hendrix and is said to be influenced by soul artists such as the Isley Brothers (with whom Hendrix performed before forming the Experience)[2] and stylistically similar to guitarist Steve Cropper.[4] A "head-on boy–girl song",[4] "Wait Until Tomorrow" was one of the final songs recorded for the album on October 26, 1967, before the album was completed with the recording of title track "Bold as Love" three days later.[4] In an AllMusic review, Matthew Greenwald described the progression and style of the song.
A great bass and guitar duet is the core riff, and, as usual, Hendrix builds up to gentle and entertaining crescendos from there. Lyrically, the song finds Hendrix writing a situation song, creating characters in the first person. This was one of his first attempts at this, and it's fun listening to him stretch his songwriting abilities.[2]
