I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song) I'm Still Waiting (Diana Ross song) "I'm Still Waiting" is a popular song, written and produced by Deke Richards and recorded by Diana Ross; it first appeared on Ross's 1970 album "Everything Is Everything". The song reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1971. It also reached number one in Ireland. "I'm Still Waiting" continued the vein of sophisticated soul as heard on Ross's breakthrough solo hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". However, it was only a modest success in the US, reaching #63 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart, and #40 on the R&B chart.
Diana Ross and Ross clashed during filming, with Ross leaving the production before shooting was completed, forcing Gordy to use secretary Edna Anderson as a body double for Ross. While a box-office success, the film was not well received by the critics: "Time" magazine's review of the film chastised Gordy for "squandering one of America's most natural resources: Diana Ross." In 1977, Motown acquired the film rights to the Broadway play "The Wiz", an African-American reinterpretation of L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The film initially was to include the stage actors who had performed on the play, but, producer