Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning

"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning"
"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going!
B-side	"Like China"
Released	May 1983 (UK)
Recorded	1982
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:01
Label	Virgin Records (UK); Atlantic Records (International)
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
Audio
	"Phil Collins - Why Can't It Wait Till Morning (2016 Remaster)" on YouTube

"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the fourth UK single released from the album and was only released in the UK and Ireland. According to Collins, the song has its origins from sessions for Face Value around 1978-1979.^[1]

In 1994, jazz group Fourplay recorded a cover featuring Collins and released it on their album Elixir. They also later remixed the song.

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS 603 (UK)

"Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning"
"Like China"

Credits

Phil Collins – acoustic piano, vocals
Martyn Ford – orchestral arrangements and conductor
Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
The Mountain Fjord Orchestra – strings and woodwinds

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	89

References

^ Considine, J.D. (June 1985). "The Second Coming of Phil Collins". Musician.(subscription required)
^ "Phil Collins: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

[1] Considine, J.D. (June 1985). "The Second Coming of Phil Collins". Musician.(subscription required)

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Phil_Collins-2] "Phil Collins: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 18, 2022.

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Discography
Face Value	"In the Air Tonight" "I Missed Again" "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
Hello, I Must Be Going!	"Thru These Walls" "You Can't Hurry Love" "I Don't Care Anymore" "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" "I Cannot Believe It's True"
No Jacket Required	"Sussudio" "One More Night" "Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home"
Buster	"A Groovy Kind of Love" "Two Hearts"
...But Seriously	"Another Day in Paradise" "I Wish It Would Rain Down" "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" "That's Just the Way It Is" "Do You Remember?" "Hang in Long Enough"
Serious Hits... Live!	"Do You Remember?" (live) "Who Said I Would" (live)
Both Sides	"Both Sides of the Story" "Everyday" "We Wait and We Wonder"
Dance into the Light	"Dance into the Light" "It's in Your Eyes" "No Matter Who" "Wear My Hat" "The Same Moon"
...Hits	"True Colors"
Tarzan	"You'll Be in My Heart" "Two Worlds" "Strangers Like Me" "Son of Man"
Testify	"Can't Stop Loving You" "Come with Me" "Wake Up Call"/"The Least You Can Do"
Brother Bear	"Look Through My Eyes" "No Way Out"
Going Back	"(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" "Going Back"
Featured singles	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" "Easy Lover" "Hero" "In the Air Tonite" "Home"
Other singles	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Separate Lives" "Somewhere"
Other songs	"The Man with the Horn" "You Ought to Know..."
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