I've Been Expecting You is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.
Williams and Chambers started the writing process of the album in Jamaica in the spring of 1998. I've Been Expecting You was released in October 1998. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and went on to become the UK's best selling album for that year. According to the BPI, the album has sold 2,563,106 copies in the UK as of June 2009, and has been certified 10x Platinum for shipments of 3 million copies. It is Williams' best selling album in the country and the 38th best selling album of all time. The album also received attention outside the United Kingdom, particularly in continental Europe and Latin America, and has sold a total of five million copies worldwide. Williams finished album promotion with an extensive European Tour in the autumn of 1999. I've Been Expecting You was ranked ninety-first in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
In 1998, Williams was sued by Ludlow Publishing over the song "Jesus in a Camper Van", because it lifted lyrics from the Loudon Wainwright III song "I Am The Way", from his album …