Nu Shooz is an American R&B group fronted by husband-and-wife team of John Smith and Valerie Day, based in Portland, Oregon.
Nu Shooz originally released the single "I Can't Wait" in Portland in April 1985 on Poolside Records.
The original session occurred at Cascade Recording in Portland in the fall of 1984 and was also featured on the band's sparsely distributed second album, Tha's Right, in 1985.
[1] "I Can't Wait" became popular on Portland radio stations at that time, but Nu Shooz was turned down by every major label.
The remix came back into the United States as an import on Dutch label Injection Records.
Its follow-up, "Point of No Return," was remixed by Shep Pettibone and topped the dance chart in September 1986; the song peaked at No.
In 1987, Nu Shooz was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best New Artist category, based on its breakthrough success the previous year.
[8][9] A cover of "I Can't Wait", performed by Icona Pop and produced by Questlove, was used in a 2015 series of Target commercials.