I Promise to Wait My Love
"I Promise to Wait My Love" is a 1968 single recorded by girl group Martha and the Vandellas, released on the Gordy label.
Background
The third release from the group's Ridin' High, it was another single given to them by producer Richard Morris. Produced under a Memphis soul sound similar to soul singer Aretha Franklin, the song has the narrator promising to wait for her love as he fights in Vietnam, although the song does not overtly reference the war, disguising it as the war being another woman saying that she will love him "even though wrong".Personnel
- Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
- Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford, Lois Reeves and the Andantes
- Produced by Richard Morris
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers