Don't Want to Wait Anymore
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Want to Wait Anymore
| cover = Don't_Want_to_Wait_Anymore_-_The_Tubes.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| type = single
| artist = The Tubes
| album = The Completion Backward Principle
| B-side = Think About Me
| released = June 1981 (U.S.)
| recorded = August 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:50 (single version)
4:18 (album version)
| label = Capitol
| writer = Tubes, David Foster
| producer = David Foster
| prev_title = Prime Time
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Talk to Ya Later
| next_year = 1981
}}
"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" is a song recorded by American rock band The Tubes in 1980. It was the lead single from their fifth 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 guitarist.
"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" reached the Top 40 in the United States and Australia in the summer of 1981.Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X It was also a minor hit in the United Kingdom.
Chart history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope=col | Chart (1981)
!scope=col | Peak |
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| scope=row |Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| style="text-align:center;"|36 |
| {{single chart|UK|60|artist=Tubes|date=19810913|refname="UKchart"|rowheader=true}} |
| scope=row |US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|35 |
| scope=row |US Billboard Mainstream Rock
| style="text-align:center;"|22 |
| scope=row |US Cash Box Top 100[http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19810808.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 8, 1981]
|align="center"|35 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.songlyrics.com/the-tubes/don-t-want-to-wait-anymore-lyrics/ Lyrics of this song]
- {{YouTube|ZqU9KEOaQyg|The Tubes - Don't Want to Wait Anymore}}
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Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:Songs written by David Foster
Category:Song recordings produced by David Foster
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