California Waiting

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| name = California Waiting

| cover = KOL-California Waiting.jpg

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| type = single

| B-side = "Joe's Head" (live)

| released = {{start date|2004|2|16}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=February 14, 2004}}

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| length = 3:29

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| prev_title = Wasted Time

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = The Bucket

| next_year = 2004

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"California Waiting" is a song by the American rock band Kings of Leon, released as the third single from their debut album Youth & Young Manhood. An alternate version of the song appears on their debut release, the EP Holy Roller Novocaine. This version was recorded in a rush to finish the record. The band did not like the outcome, so they recorded a new version, which is found on Youth and Young Manhood. However, on Kings of Leon's VH1 Storytellers performance, Caleb Followill stated, before playing "California Waiting", that "We kind of sabotaged it on our album, and tried to play it really punk rock. It was better on the EP I think."{{cite web|title="California Waiting (VH1 Storytellers)" by Kings of Leon|url=http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/651954/california-waiting-vh1-storytellers.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518003806/http://www.vh1.com/video/misc/651954/california-waiting-vh1-storytellers.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 18, 2011|website=VH1|accessdate=May 15, 2011}}