The Waiting (song)

"The Waiting"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Hard Promises
B-side"Nightwatchman"
ReleasedApril 20, 1981
RecordedEarly 1981
Genre
Length4:01
LabelBackstreet
Songwriter(s)Tom Petty
Producer(s)Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Even the Losers"
(1980) 		"The Waiting"
(1981) 		"A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"
(1981)
Music video
"The Waiting" at YouTube

"The Waiting" is a 1981 song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and is the lead single from their fourth studio album Hard Promises. It went to number 6 in Canada, number 19 in the United States and number 27 in New Zealand. It was covered by Linda Ronstadt in 1995.

References

  1. ↑ Pollock, Bruce (18 March 2014). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Taylor & Francis. p. 1757. ISBN 978-1-135-46303-8.
  2. ↑ Elbel, Jeff (June 30, 2017). "Not even the rain can steal Tom Petty's thunder in Wrigley Field". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved December 21, 2019.