- Tired of Waiting for You
Infobox Single
Name = Tired of Waiting for You
Artist =The Kinks
from Album =
B-side = "Come On Now " (R. Davies)
Released =15 January 1965 (UK)17 February 1965 (USA)Format = 7" vinyl
Recorded = August, December 1964
Genre =
Length =
Label =Pye 7N 15759 (UK)
Reprise 0347 (USA)
Writer =Ray Davies
Producer =Shel Talmy
Certification =
Chart position =
* #1 (UK)
* #6 (USA)
* #3 (Canada )
* #18 (Netherlands )
* #24 (Australia ,Sweden )
* #27 (Germany )
Last single = "Kinksize Session "
(1964)
This single = "Tired of Waiting for You"
(1965)
Next single = "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy "
(1965)"Tired of Waiting for You" was a hit 1965 rock song by theBritish Invasion bandThe Kinks . It reached #1 on theUK Singles Chart and #6 in theUSA . It was recorded late August 1964 atPye Studios (No. 2), London, with additional guitar overdub atIBC Studios , London in29 December 1964 , "Come On Now" was recorded 22 or 23 December, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2).American punk group
Green Day andcountry music singerDwight Yoakam have both covered the song. TheGreen Day version can be found on the 1997 filmHoward Stern 's "Private Parts" soundtrack and their album "Shenanigans". TheDwight Yoakam version, in "Under the Covers". AlsoSuzi Quatro covered this song in her 1978 album "If You Knew Suzi ".
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