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Waiting for Tonight is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. Those roots explain a lot about how Waiting for Tonight arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jenny from the Block, What Is Love, One Kiss, Just Dance and Sun Is Shining, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Selena Gomez, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Waiting for Tonight, reaching back through Gloria Estefan and forward to Selena Gomez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Waiting for Tonight" is a song written by Maria Christensen, Michael Garvin and Phil Temple. It was originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party for their debut studio album, Alive (1997). Two years after the group disbanded, American singer Jennifer Lopez recorded her own version of the song for her debut studio album, On the 6 (1999). Ric Wake and Richie Jones produced Lopez's Hispanic house version of "Waiting for Tonight", which differs from the German-sounding Europop version that was recorded by 3rd Party. A Spanish version of the song, entitled "Una Noche Más", was adapted by Manny Benito and also recorded for the album. "Waiting for Tonight" was released on September 7, 1999, by the Work Group, as the third single from On the 6.
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Waiting for Tonight grew out of Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, shares an orbit with Jenny from the Block, What Is Love, One Kiss and Just Dance, went on to shape Selena Gomez. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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