The Waiting (song)

"The Waiting"
"The Waiting"
Single by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
from the album Hard Promises
B-side	"Nightwatchman"
Released	April 20, 1981
Recorded	Early 1981
Genre	Folk rock; jangle pop;
Length	4:01
Label	Backstreet
Songwriter(s)	Tom Petty
Producer(s)	Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers singles chronology
Music video
	"The Waiting" on 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

↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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[Pollock2014-1] 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.

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