The Waiting (song)

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“The Waiting”
“The Waiting” cover
Single by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
from the album Hard Promises
A-side The Waiting
B-side Nightwatchman
Released 1981
Format 7"
Genre Rock
Length 3:54
Label Backstreet
Writer(s) Tom Petty
Producer Tom Petty, Jimmy Iovine
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers singles chronology
"Even the Losers"
(1980)
"The Waiting"
(1981)
"A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)"
(1981)


"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 was also #1 on Billboard's new Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks.