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Can't Wait Another Minute

{{Short description|1986 single by Five Star}}

{{For|the Hi-Five song|I Can't Wait Another Minute}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Can't Wait Another Minute

| cover = Five-Star-Cant-Wait-Another-273244.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Five Star

| album = Silk & Steel

| B-side = Don't You Know I Love It

| released = {{Start date|1986|4|7|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio = Larrabee Sound (Los Angeles)

| genre = Pop

| length = 4:41

| label = RCA, Tent

| writer = Sue Sheridan, Paul Chiten

| producer = Richard James Burgess

| prev_title = System Addict

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Find the Time

| next_year = 1986

}}

"Can't Wait Another Minute" is a song by British pop music group Five Star, written by Paul Chiten and Sue Sheridan. It was originally recorded by the female vocal trio Lewis (featuring Dee, Shirley and Linda Lewis, later known as Lewis Sisters), released a month before the Five Star version as the B-side to their single "If the Love Fits", and it was also featured in the 1986 film Gung Ho.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Five Star's version was released as the lead single from their second album, Silk & Steel, in April 1986. The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and gave the group their highest-charting hit in the United States, reaching number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number seven on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.

Music video

The video features the band making a human clock, with all five members becoming the "hands" of the clock. The band's car also supposedly breaks down, and are late for a concert. The traffic lights change from "Wait" to "Can't Wait" to reflect the song's title.

Track listings

7-inch single

  1. "Can't Wait Another Minute"
  2. "Don't You Know I Love It"

UK and US 12-inch single

  1. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (extended version) – 7:13
  2. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (dub mix) – 4:55
  3. "Don’t You Know I Love It" – 3:56

US 12-inch single

  1. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (M & M remix version) – 8:40
  2. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (7" remix version) – 5:17
  3. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (M Groove mix version) – 5:17
  4. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (Street Groove mix version) – 5:25
  5. "Can't Wait Another Minute" (Another Minute of Breakdown) – 2:50

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1986)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=22|page=13|date=7 June 1986}}

|20

{{single chart|Ireland2|5|artist=5 Star|song=System Addict|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2025}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|43|artist=5 Star|song=System Addict|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2025}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|16|artist=5 Star|song=System Addict|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2025}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|7|artist=Five Star|artistid=22503|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2025}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1986-11-01/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=1 November 1986|access-date=21 March 2025}}

|41

scope="row"|US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/1986-10-18/|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=18 October 1986|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 March 2025}}
{{small|Remix}}

|19

scope="row"|US Dance/Disco Club Play (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/dance-club-play-songs/1986-11-01/|title=Dance Club Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=1 November 1986|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 March 2025}}
{{small|Remix}}

|5

scope="row"|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1986-10-11/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|magazine=Billboard|date=11 October 1986|url-access=subscription|access-date=21 March 2025}}

|7

{{single chart|West Germany|29|artist=5 Star|song=System Addict|songid=1453|rowheader=true|access-date=21 March 2025}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1986)

!Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=24|date=24 January 1987}}

|71

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References

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Category:1986 singles

Category:1986 songs

Category:RCA Records singles

Category:Five Star songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Richard James Burgess