Waiting on the World to Change

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"Waiting on the World to Change"

Single by John Mayer
from the album Continuum
B-side(s)	"Good Love Is on the Way" Limited Edition EP version only
Released	2006
Format	Digital download
Recorded	July 11, 2006
Genre	Blues Rock
Length	3:23
Label	Aware Records Columbia Records Sony Music
Writer(s)	John Mayer
Producer(s)	John Mayer Steve Jordan
Chart positions
#20 (USA Hot 100) #2 (Adult Top 40) #15 (Adult Contemporary) #24 (Pop 100)
John Mayer singles chronology
"Daughters" (2004)	"Waiting on the World to Change" (2006)	"Gravity" (2006)

This article documents a current single.
Information is likely to change as the song remains in the charts.

"Waiting on the World to Change" is the first single released from John Mayer's 2006 studio album, Continuum. It has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

A limited EP edition of "Waiting on the World to Change" was released featuring the album version of the song. The limited edition is also due to feature a bonus acoustic version of the song which will feature Ben Harper and also the studio recording of "Good Love Is on the Way", of which a live version was released on the album Try! by the John Mayer Trio. This edition is tentatively only available through Best Buy and only upon purchase of the Continuum album.

These extra versions are also being made available along with other versions of Continuum and Try! songs on Mayer's forthcoming EP entitled The Village Sessions, due for release on December 12, 2006.

1 Music video
2 Appearances in the media
- 2.1 CSI season seven
- 2.2 Other promotions
3 Chart information
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Philip Andelman and features Mayer walking along the Hudson River while comissioned graffiti artists Futura, Tats Cru, and Daze graffiti messages on New York billboards displaying messages relating to the song's content.

[edit] Appearances in the media

[edit] CSI season seven

The song was played in the last scene of the opening episode of the 2006 season of CSI:Crime Scene Investigation along with "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room", another song from Continuum. The ending of "Slow Dancing" is featured at the beginning of the next episode (as the storyline is a two-part sequence).

[edit] Other promotions

As the first single from Continuum, "Waiting on the World to Change" has been used in a vast majority of the album's promotional shoots, such as through Sessions@AOL and various television and live appearances.

Mayer performed the song in Australia on Seven Network's Sunrise, Network Ten's Rove Live, and included the song in his setlist when performing for Live at the Chapel^{^[1]}.

[edit] Chart information

The song has stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 21 weeks, and has peaked at #20, becoming Mayer's fourth single to peak on the Top 20.

To date, the single has sold 592,531 in digital downloads. This means it has been certified Gold by the RIAA [1].

The song peaked at #17 on the Australian ARIA Digital Singles Chart. It also peaked at #36 on the New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart.

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	7
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	13
Australia ARIA Top 40 Digital Tracks	17
New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart	36