To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, he is the only male artist ever to have his first seven singles reach the Top 5 on the Billboard charts.īLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. 1 hits - 'Right Here Waiting', 'Hold On To The Nights' and 'Satisfied' – and had three other songs, including 'Now And Forever', top the Adult Contemporary chart. 'Right Here Waiting' has been covered by many artists in the past, including Monica for her album 'The Boy Is Mine'.īetween 19, Marx hit the Top 20 with 14 songs, including three straight No.

The song was a global hit, topping charts throughout the world, including the U.S., where it reached No. The original version of 'Right Here Waiting' was released in June 1989 as the second single from Marx's sophomore album, 'Repeat Offender'. Will Putney from FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY is mixing the song.'īackup vocals, guitars, bass, drums: Matt Heafy One day, I, 'Hey, let's do a song together.' And then he texted me, 'Let's do it.' So I did a metal version of 'Right Here Waiting'.

Asked how the collaboration came about, Matt said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): 'I saw his son was wearing a TRIVIUM shirt, so I hit him up on social media. Heafy discussed the pairing during a recent interview with the 'Bringin' It Backwards' podcast. We did vocals together and it's out today! Check it out!!' Stream the heck outta it!'Įarlier today, Marx tweeted: 'The crazy talented of TRIVIUM came up with an amazing metal version of my song. Heafy said in a statement: ' Richard is one of the greatest songwriters of our time and an incredible incredible human being, so it's unreal that we were able to create this metal version of his mega-hit together. TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has collaborated with pop singer Richard Marx on a 'metal version' of Marx's classic ballad 'Right Here Waiting'.

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