Robert DeNiro's Waiting

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"Robert De Niro's Waiting"

Single by Bananarama
from the album Bananarama
B-side(s)	Push! (non-lp track)
Released	March 1984
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop, New Wave
Label	London Records
Writer(s)	Sarah Dallin Siobhan Fahey Keren Woodward Jolley & Swain
Producer(s)	Jolley & Swain
Chart positions
#3 (UK) #95 (U.S.)
Bananarama singles chronology
"Cruel Summer" (1983)	"Robert De Niro's Waiting" (1984)	"Rough Justice" (1984)

"Robert De Niro's Waiting" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the second single released from their self-titled second album in 1984.

The song's upbeat melody belies a darker lyrical message about rape. At the time of the track's release, the members of Bananarama were receiving a lot of criticism from the UK music press, who labelled the trio as a "cover versions" band whose producers and writers controlled their output. "Robert De Niro's Waiting" was one of several tracks on the Bananarama album which tackled more serious lyrical topics. The "talking Italian" line in the chorus, however, was added by producer Steve Jolley to give the song a more "pop" feel and Bananarama members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward "hated" it, but eventually kept the line in to end the arguments about it [1].

As a result of the song's popularity, the group eventually met with actor Robert De Niro who contacted them after hearing it.

The single is one of the group's strongest performing releases, peaking at number three in the UK singles chart (the single to date stands in a three-way tie as Bananarama's highest-charting UK hit). It made a brief appearance on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number ninety-five.

Bananarama re-recorded the song with Latin instrumentation on their 2001 album Exotica.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	3
Australia ARIA chart	40
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	95

Bananarama
Sara Dallin \| Keren Woodward Siobhan Fahey \| Jacquie O'Sullivan
Discography
Studio albums: Deep Sea Skiving \| Bananarama \| True Confessions \| Wow! \| Pop Life \| Please Yourself \| Ultra Violet / I Found Love \| Exotica \| Drama Compilations: Greatest Hits Collection \| Greatest Remixes Collection \| Bunch of Hits \| Master Series \| The Essentials \| The Very Best of Bananarama \| Venus and Other Hits \| Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection \| The Twelve Inches of Bananarama Singles: Aie a Mwana \| T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) \| Really Saying Something \| Shy Boy \| Cheers Then \| He's Got Tact \| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye \| Cruel Summer \| Robert DeNiro's Waiting \| Rough Justice \| King of the Jungle \| Hot Line to Heaven \| The Wild Life \| Do Not Disturb \| Venus \| More Than Physical \| A Trick of the Night \| Set on You \| I Heard a Rumour \| Love in the First Degree \| I Can't Help It \| I Want You Back \| Love, Truth and Honesty \| Nathan Jones \| Help! \| Cruel Summer '89 \| Megarama '89 \| Only Your Love \| Preacher Man \| Long Train Running \| Tripping on Your Love \| Movin' On \| Last Thing on My Mind \| More, More, More \| I Found Love \| Every Shade of Blue \| Take Me to Your Heart \| Careless Whisper \| If \| Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix) \| Move in My Direction \| Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
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