Richard Marx: Right Here Waiting

I was stressing on what I was going to feature for this week’s TV Thursday selection when a promo came on TNT for the show Leverage. All of the cast members are singing their rendition of Richard Marx’s hit “Right Here Waiting.” This is a beautiful love ballad that touched the hearts of many people – the chart action in 1989 speaks for itself.

In the US, it went gold within six week of its release and within three months and 2 million sales later it was certified platinum. “Right Here Waiting” was also a number one single in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and in the US on both the Hot 100 and the Adult Contemporary charts. It charted at #2 in the UK. I was doing mobile DJ work back in 1989 and bought this song as a 3 inch single - it may have been the first of a few of these I purchased. The song was written for and about Marx’s wife Cynthia Rhodes.

A Different Live Version

While Marx typically plays piano on this cut live, here is a recording of him playing acoustic guitar in Nashville for a PBS production of “Legends & Lyrics.”

Leverage Promo

I never noticed this before, but Richard Marx makes a cameo appearance at the end and gets decked by Timothy Hutton. It adds a subtle humorous touch.

Lyrics

Oceans apart day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
How can we say forever

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go
Whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes
Or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you