"Love Won't Wait" is a song by English singer Gary Barlow from his debut studio album, Open Road (1997).

The song became Barlow's second consecutive number-one release on the UK Singles Chart, following "Forever Love", and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

A music video for the song was directed by Rocky Schenck and showed Barlow singing "Love Won't Wait" across different locations.

However, she later abandoned the project and collaborated with record producers Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper to create Bedtime Stories, her sixth studio album, released in 1994.

In the meantime, Gary Barlow wanted to release his debut album, Open Road, to coincide with his first single, "Forever Love".

[1] Barlow's manager, Simon Fuller, chose Stephen Lipson to produce the song, seeing his success with 1980s artists like Grace Jones and Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

However, the singer did not have any time to rehearse or memorize the lyrics, resulting in the performance receiving negative reviews from critics and audience alike.

[7] While the album received mostly negative reviews, songs like "Love Won't Wait" were considered a stand-out by The Times.

A reviewer from Music Week rated it four out of five, adding, "There's something vaguely reminiscent of those cheesy Seventies pop tunes about this Shep Pettibone-penned taster for Barlow's debut solo album.

"[9] The Sunday Mirror gave it seven out of ten, and cautioned that "Take That fans will lap up another smooth one from Gary, but I can't help thinking he's trying to turn into Elton John far too soon.