Don't Want to Wait Anymore

"Don't Want to Wait Anymore"
Single by The Tubes
from the album The Completion Backward Principle
B-side"Think About Me"
ReleasedJune 1981 (U.S.)
RecordedAugust 1980
Length3:50 (single version)
4:18 (album version)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tubes, David Foster
Producer(s)David Foster
The Tubes singles chronology
"Prime Time"
(1981) 		"Don't Want to Wait Anymore"
(1981) 		"Talk to Ya Later"
(1981)

"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" is a song recorded by the Tubes in 1980. It was the lead single from their fourth studio LP, The Completion Backward Principle. Unlike most of their songs which typically feature Fee Waybill, lead vocals are provided by Bill Spooner, the lead guitar player.

"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" reached the Top 40 in the United States and Australia in the summer of 1981.[1] It was also a minor hit in the United Kingdom.[2]

Chart history

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 36
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 60
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 35
US Billboard Mainstream Rock 22
US Cash Box Top 100[5] 35

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 8, 1981


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