Still Waiting (Prince song)

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"Still Waiting"
"Still Waiting" cover
U.S 7" single
Single by Prince
from the album Prince
B-side(s) "Bambi"
Released 25 March 1980
Format 7" single
Recorded Alpha Studios, Burbank, California, April–June 1979
Genre Soul, Ballad
Length 7" edit: 3:48
Album: 4:24
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Prince
Producer(s) Prince
Chart positions
  • #65 R&B
Prince singles chronology
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
(1980)
"Still Waiting"
(1980)
"Uptown"
(1980)
Prince (UK) singles chronology
"Sexy Dancer"
(1980)
"Do It All Night"
(1981)

"Still Waiting" was the third US single to Prince's sophomore album, Prince. It was Prince's first ballad to be released as a single and was mildly popular on the R&B charts, reaching #65. The ballad speaks from the perspective of a young man who hasn't yet found love and yearns for it. The track is mainly piano and synth-based and was often played live with extended instrumental solos and audience teasing. The song is a more traditional R&B ballad, before Prince established himself with trademark sexual romps like "Do Me, Baby" and "International Lover". The B-side of the song was the album track rocker, "Bambi". Interestingly, in Belgium, the A- and B-sides were reversed for this single.

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