Hurry Up and Wait (song)

{{Short description|1999 single by Stereophonics}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Hurry Up and Wait

| cover = Hurryupandwait.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Stereophonics

| album = Performance and Cocktails

| B-side = Angie

| released = {{start date|1999|11|8|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-11-06.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 8 November, 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=6 November 1999|access-date=26 July 2021}}

| written = October–November 1997

| recorded =

| studio = Parkgate (East Sussex, England)

| genre =

| length = 4:40

| label = V2

| composer = {{hlist|Kelly Jones|Richard Jones|Stuart Cable}}

| lyricist = Kelly Jones

| producer = Bird & Bush

| prev_title = I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Mama Told Me Not to Come

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|5f13jrjaekY|"Hurry Up and Wait"}}}}

}}

"Hurry Up and Wait" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, released as the fifth and final single from their second album, Performance and Cocktails (1999), on 8 November 1999. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, as did previous single "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio". It also reached number 23 in Ireland, becoming the band's fifth top-30 hit there.

The song is track three on the album. A live version from Morfa Stadium is on CD2 of the "Hurry Up and Wait" singles. An acoustic version is on CD2 on the "Mr. Writer" single.{{cite AV media notes|title=Mr. Writer|title-link=Mr. Writer|others=Stereophonics|year=2001|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=V2 Records|id=VVR5015938}} The music video features the band parodying the 1970 film M*A*S*H.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}