The Waiting (song)
| "The Waiting" | ||||
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| Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | ||||
| from the album Hard Promises | ||||
| B-side | "Nightwatchman" | |||
| Released | April 20, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Early 1981 | |||
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| Length | 4:01 | |||
| Label | Backstreet | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tom Petty | |||
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| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology | ||||
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| "The Waiting" on YouTube | ||||
"The Waiting" is the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' album Hard Promises, released in 1981. The song peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on the magazine's new Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks during the summer of 1981.
The song was later reissued as the B-side to the single-only release of "Mary Jane's Last Dance" in 1993.