Happily, a few years ago, Cole re-recorded a newer version of “I Don’t Want to Wait,” and the updated version will open future iterations of Dawson’s Creek.
One place where the song is nowhere to be found, however, is on Dawson’s Creek reruns.
Though “I Don’t Want to Wait” and other hit singles from This Fire (“Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?”)
Cole was barely 30 when Dawson’s premiered on The WB network in the US in 1998 (later airing on Channel 4 in the UK).