"I Can't Wait"
Single by Akon
from the album Konvicted
Released	March 31, 2008 (U.S.) April 14, 2008 (UK digital download release)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Southern Hip Hop Alternative Hip Hop Electropop
Length	3:46 (album version) 2:45 (UK radio edit)
Label	Konvict, Universal, UpFront, SRC
Writer(s)	A. Thiam, F. Najm
Producer	T-Pain
Akon singles chronology
"What You Got" (2008) "I Can't Wait" (2008) "Dangerous" (2008)

"I Can't Wait" is the seventh and final single by Akon from his 2006 album Konvicted. The song was released as a digital download only single in the UK on 14 April 2008. The song was added to and peaked at the C-list on BBC Radio 1's playlist. The original version of this song is "You and Me" by T-Pain.

[edit] Music video

The video consists of the same scene of Akon getting out of a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé and seeing a girl he likes. The first time he ignores the girl and walks into the club. He then arrives at another club and see's the girl for a second time and attempts to talk to her, but she is with another man. On the third attempt he is successful and walks home with the girl, entering her house with her. The chorus scenes involve Akon standing while T-Pain playing the piano, with a white Lamborghini Murciélago in the background. ^[1]

[edit] Versions

1. "I Can't Wait" (UK Radio Edit)
2. "I Can't Wait" (Clean - Single Version)
3. "I Can't Wait" (Instrumental)
4. "I Can't Wait" (Australian Radio Edit)
5. "I Can't Wait" (Clean - Album Version)

[edit] Chart performance

"I Can't Wait" managed to peak within the top forty of the UK iTunes Hip-Hop/Rap songs. It has peaked at #116 on the official UK Singles Chart.

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