The Waiting (song)

"The Waiting" is the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' album Hard Promises released in 1981. The song peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the magazine's new Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks.^[1]

Covers

Linda Ronstadt covered the song on her 1995 album Feels Like Home.
Natalie Imbruglia covered the song on her album Male released in 2015.
Nick Barker regularly plays the song in his live set

In popular culture

The song was used in The Simpsons episode "The Cartridge Family" when Homer had to wait five days to buy a handgun. "The Waiting" was also featured prominently in at least one promotional spot for the fifth season of the hit TV comedy series The Office.^[2]

The song is used at Philadelphia Flyers home games, when a goal or other play is being reviewed by the official. The song can also be heard during an official review at Wisconsin Badgers sporting events.

Petty performed the song on It's Garry Shandling's Show in 1987.

The song was famously used on Chicago television news in 1995 as the public awaited news of Michael Jordan's return to the NBA.

Personnel

Tom Petty - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Mike Campbell - lead guitar, bass guitar
Benmont Tench - keyboards, backing vocals
Stan Lynch - drums, backing vocals
Phil Jones - percussion

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	19
Canadian RPM Top Singles	6
New Zealand Singles Chart	27

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 490.
↑ YouTube clip - NBC promo for the 5th season of The Office, featuring "The Waiting"

External links

Music video on YouTube
Behind the Waiting - Extract from the documentary Runnin' Down a Dream

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Ron Blair Scott Thurston Steve Ferrone Stan Lynch Howie Epstein

Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers You're Gonna Get It! Damn the Torpedoes Hard Promises Long After Dark Southern Accents Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) Into the Great Wide Open Songs and Music from "She's the One" Echo The Last DJ Mojo Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty solo albums	Full Moon Fever Wildflowers Highway Companion

Live albums	Official Live 'Leg Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Bad Girl Boogie The Live Anthology Mojo Tour 2010

Compilations	Greatest Hits Playback Anthology: Through the Years

Videography	Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Playback Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ Runnin' Down a Dream

Songs	"Breakdown" "American Girl" "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" "I Need to Know" "Listen to Her Heart" "Don't Do Me Like That" "Refugee" "Here Comes My Girl" "The Waiting" "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" "You Got Lucky" "Change of Heart" "Don't Come Around Here No More" "Rebels" "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" "Jammin' Me" "I Won't Back Down" "Runnin' Down a Dream" "Free Fallin'" "A Face in the Crowd" "Yer So Bad" "Learning to Fly" "Into the Great Wide Open" "Mary Jane's Last Dance" "You Don't Know How It Feels" "Christmas All Over Again" "Walls (Circus)" "The Last DJ" "Square One" "Saving Grace"

Production	Jimmy Iovine David A. Stewart Robbie Robertson Jeff Lynne Rick Rubin George Drakoulias

Related articles	Discography Awards Mudcrutch Traveling Wilburys "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

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