The Waiting

~ Recording by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
  • 1981-05-05 CA
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
  • 1981-05 US
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.1The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.1The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Waiting
1.4The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersRefugee
  • 1985-05-05 GB
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises (Japan for US)
1.4The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersRefugee
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
  • 1992-09-15 US
1.10The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
  • 1993-11-01 XE
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (BMG club edition, no barcode)
  • 1993-11-09 US
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
  • 1993-11-16 US
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (Record Club release, Barcode is not human readable.)
  • 1993-11-16 US
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (BMG club edition)
  • 1993-11-16 CA
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (Matrix/Runout: MCAD10813 23A013C,A50403B,S3A01B,S3A01C)
  • 1993-11-16 US
1.10The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.10The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.2The Waiting3:57Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersMary Jane’s Last Dance
1.2The Waiting3:57Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersSomething in the Air
1.16The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlayback
  • 1995-11-20 US
1.16The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlayback
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.12The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAnthology: Through the Years
  • 2000-10-31 US
1.12The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAnthology: Through the Years
1.12The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersAnthology: Through the Years
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (contains “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”)
  • 2008-05-20 US
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (Contains "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" in place of "Something in the Air")
  • 2008-05-28 US
  • 2008 GB
1.10The Waiting4:00Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (reissue, remastered)
  • 2008-05-28 JP
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
  • 2008-05-28 AU
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
  • 2008-06-02 XE
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.1The Waiting3:58Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises (reissue remastered)
  • 2012-04-25 -
1.9Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
  • 2014-07-01 US
1.1The Waiting3:58Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises (2015 remaster)
  • 2015-07-24 JP
  • 2015-07-24 US
1.9The Waiting?:??Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits (2016 remaster)
  • 2016-07-29 US
1.1The Waiting3:58Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
  • 2016-11-23 JP
4.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Complete Studio Albums, Volume 1 (1976–1991)
  • 2016-12-09 US
1.9The Waiting3:59Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.10The Waiting?:??Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
1.1The Waiting?:??Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
  • 2017-06-02 US
1.11The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016 (Mastered for iTunes)
  • 2019-02-01 XW
1.11The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
  • 2019-03-01 XE
1.11The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
  • 2019-03-01 US
1.11The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016 (24-Bit 96.0 kHz)
  • 2019-03-01 XW
1.11The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
  • 2019-03-01 XW
2.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
  • 2019-03-01 US
1.11The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersThe Best of Everything: The Definitive Career Spanning Hits Collection 1976–2016
  • 2019-03-01 XW
1.15The Waiting3:58Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHeartbreakers Beach Party: The Soundtrack
  • 2025-03-11 -
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.1The Waiting3:58Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.1The Waiting3:56Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises
1.16The Waiting4:00Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersPlayback
Bootleg
2.17The Waiting3:57Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersGreatest Hits
(unknown)
1.1The Waiting3:54Tom Petty and the HeartbreakersHard Promises

Relationships

assistant engineer:Brad Gilderman
Tori Swenson
engineer:Shelly Yakus
producer:Jimmy Iovine
Tom Petty
percussion:Phil Jones
phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (in 1981)
recording of:The Waiting

The Waiting

lyricist and composer:Tom Petty
publisher:Gone Gator Music