Waiting by the Hotline
{{Infobox song
| name = Waiting by the Hotline
| cover = Deniece Williams Waiting by the Hotline.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Deniece Williams
| album = Niecy
| released = 1982
| recorded =
| B-side = Love Notes
| studio = Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania{{cite work|title=Deniece Williams: Waiting by the Hotline|date=1982|publisher=Columbia Records}}
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:39
| writer =
| producer = Thom Bell
| prev_title = It's Gonna Take a Miracle
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Waiting
| next_year = 1982
}}
"Waiting by the Hotline" is a song written by Thom Bell and Deniece Williams and recorded by Williams for her 1982 album Niecy. Produced by Bell, it was released as a single in 1982 by ARC/Columbia Records, reaching number 29 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deniece-williams/chart-history/bsi/ |title=Deniece Williams Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 18, 2023}}
Critical reception
Crispin Cioe of High Fidelity noted how Williams' strong, high soprano can handle Bell's more muscular arrangements with flair".{{cite magazine |last=Cioe |first=Christian |date=July 1982|title=Denice Williams: Niecy |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-High-Fidelity/80s/High-Fidelity-1982-07.pdf |magazine=High Fidelity |volume=32 |pages=74, 80 |number=7 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (1982) ! Peak |
| US Hot Soul Singles (''Billboard)
| align="center"|29 |