Waiting for Tonight

"Waiting for Tonight" was written by Maria Christensen, Michael Garvin, and Phil Temple, originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party. Jennifer Lopez recorded her own version of "Waiting for Tonight" three years after the group's break-up for her debut studio album, On the 6 (1999).{{cite web|last1=Blumentrath|first1=Jan|title=Interview with Michael Garvin|url=http://hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2005/July24_5_50_38.html|publisher=HitQuarters|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=July 24, 2005|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106161511/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2F2005%2FJuly24_5_50_38.html|url-status=live}} The song was first presented to Lopez and her producer Cory Rooney by Ric Wake. Lopez "hated the song" in its early demo format saying "I never want to hear that song again. It's horrible and so cheesy", while Rooney believed it had potential. Rooney said: "I begged [Ric] and said, 'Look, please we need to go back on this song. We need to work on this song and really produce it out.'" Wake informed Rooney that it would cost too much to rework the song, and Rooney subsequently paid $50,000, stating: "That's how much I believe the record is gonna be a hit for her." Upon hearing the new version, Lopez loved it, and wanted to record it right away.{{cite web|last1=Trivino|first1=Jesus|title=This Producer Took Jennifer Lopez, The Actress, to J.Lo, Global Music Superstar|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/music/cory-rooney-jennifer-lopez-interview?page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704085114/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/music/cory-rooney-jennifer-lopez-interview?page=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2016|website=Latina|publisher=Latina Media Ventures|access-date=November 24, 2016|date=June 16, 2016}}

Ric Wake provided the production for Lopez's version, which according to Garvin, differs from the "very German-sounding" Europop version that was recorded by 3rd Party. Richie Jones also produced the song and arranged it with Wake, while providing additional programming and arranging along with "Young" Dave Scheuer. Christensen, Jane Barrett and Margaret Dorn performed background vocals. Eric Kupper and Diego Sánchez played the keyboards, while Jones played the drums and percussion. Scheuer, Franklyn Grant, and Thomas R. Yezzi provided engineering for the song, with assistance from Juan Bohorquez and Robb Williams, while David Barrett served as production coordinator. The song was recorded at various recording locations in New York City, including Cove City Sound Studios, The Dream Factory, Hit Factory, and Sony Music Studios. The song was later mixed by Diego Sánchez at Cove City Sound Studios as well as Crescent Moon Studios

"Waiting for Tonight" is a dance-pop{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Christina|title=Jennifer Lopez's 'On the 6′ Turns 15: Backtracking|url=http://idolator.com/7520499/jennifer-lopez-on-the-6-15th-anniversary-review|website=Idolator|publisher=Spin Media|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=June 2, 2014}} song with a length of four minutes and six seconds (4:06). According to the digital music sheet published at Musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of B{{flat}} minor. It follows a chord progression B{{flat}}m–A{{flat}}6–Fm7–G{{flat}}maj7. The instrumentation of "Waiting for Tonight" consists of a piano and guitar. The song has a tempo of 125 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=http://musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0028741&|title=Jennifer Lopez – Waiting for Tonight Sheet Music (Digital Download)|website=Musicnotes.com|date=January 13, 2000|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|access-date=June 28, 2012|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220553/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0028741|url-status=live}} Sofia Vyas of Time Out described the song as a combination of disco, 1980s pop, 1990s R&B, and club music.{{cite news|last1=Vyas|first1=Sofia|title=JLo's musical evolution in 14 iconic hits|url=http://www.timeoutdubai.com/nightlife/features/77622-jlos-musical-evolution-in-14-iconic-hits|website=Time Out|access-date=November 23, 2017|location=Dubai|date=June 22, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033122/http://www.timeoutdubai.com/nightlife/features/77622-jlos-musical-evolution-in-14-iconic-hits|url-status=live}} "Waiting for Tonight" has sensual lyrics, with Lopez comparing her sex life to a movie scene.{{cite journal|last1=Nagi|first1=Ariel|title=10 Sex Tips Inspired by J.Lo|url=http://cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/tips/a27000/jlo-sex-tips/|journal=Cosmopolitan|publisher=Hearst Corporation|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=June 18, 2014|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109234334/http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/tips/a27000/jlo-sex-tips/|url-status=live}}

"Waiting for Tonight" is the best song of Lopez's career according to Entertainment Weekly,{{cite magazine|last=Stack|first=Tim|title=Jennifer Lopez: 'Waiting for Tonight' was awesome...but it might be time to stop singing|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/23/jennifer-lopez-waiting-for-tonight-was-amazing-but-its-time-to-stop-singing/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|access-date=March 10, 2012|date=November 23, 2009|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106001545/http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/11/23/jennifer-lopez-waiting-for-tonight-was-amazing-but-its-time-to-stop-singing/|url-status=live}} the Chicago Tribune,{{cite web|last1=Lockett|first1=Dee|title=Once overrated, Jennifer Lopez is now underrated|url=http://chicagotribune.com/news/plus/chi-wp-slate-jennifer-lopez-20140626-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tronc|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118084440/http://my.chicagotribune.com/%23section/-1/article/p2p-80642478/|archive-date=January 18, 2015|date=June 26, 2014|url-status=dead}} Slant Magazine,{{cite web|last1=Cinquemani|first1=Sal|title=Jennifer Lopez: This Is Me... Then|url=http://slantmagazine.com/music/review/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-then|website=Slant Magazine|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=November 20, 2002|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110220028/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/jennifer-lopez-this-is-me-then|url-status=live}} and Idolator,{{cite web|last1=Bain|first1=Becky|title=Jennifer Lopez's Split With Label Less Traumatizing Than Split With Ben Affleck|url=http://idolator.com/5417922/jennifer-lopezs-split-with-label-less-traumatizing-than-split-with-ben-affleck|website=Idolator|publisher=Spin Media|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=January 18, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118084435/http://www.idolator.com/5417922/jennifer-lopezs-split-with-label-less-traumatizing-than-split-with-ben-affleck|url-status=live}} being well received by radio, and with MTV describing the song as "classic Lopez".{{cite web|last1=Vena|first1=Jocelyn|title=Jennifer Lopez Is 'The Boss,' Boyfriend Says|url=http://mtv.com/news/1689873/jennifer-lopez-boyfriend-casper-smart/|website=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=July 18, 2012|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111002614/http://www.mtv.com/news/1689873/jennifer-lopez-boyfriend-casper-smart/|url-status=dead}} "Waiting for Tonight" was used frequently as a celebratory anthem, along with another Lopez song, "Let's Get Loud".{{cite web |url=http://top40.about.com/od/jenniferlopez/tp/top-10-jennifer-lopez-songs.htm |title=Jennifer Lopez Songs – The Top 10 Best Jennifer Lopez Songs |publisher=ThoughtCo. IAC/InterActiveCorp |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110054835/http://top40.about.com/od/jenniferlopez/tp/top-10-jennifer-lopez-songs.htm |url-status=live }} People magazine stated that "Waiting for Tonight" became one of the "turn-of-the-millennium" club anthems.{{cite journal|title=none|journal=People|date=2007|volume=67|page=45|publisher=Time Inc.}} Lauren Zupkus of The Huffington Post praised it as an "epic dance hit", which was the "perfect anthem for all of our anxiety about Y2K".{{cite web|last1=Zupkus|first1=Lauren|title=A Reminder That Latinos Dominated Pop Music in 1999|url=http://huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/04/latin-pop-music-1999-_n_4896912.html|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=March 6, 2014|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106160748/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/04/latin-pop-music-1999-_n_4896912.html|url-status=live}} Los Angeles Times writer Gerrick D. Kennedy stated that "we can all admit that 'Waiting for Tonight' played at our respective millennium celebrations."{{cite web|last1=D. Kennedy|first1=Gerrick|title=Why Jennifer Lopez on 'American Idol' could be a good thing|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/why-jennifer-lopez-on-american-idol-could-be-a-good-thing.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=September 14, 2010|archive-date=January 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104182321/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/why-jennifer-lopez-on-american-idol-could-be-a-good-thing.html|url-status=live}} Dee Lockett, writing for the Chicago Tribune, stated that songs such as "Waiting for Tonight" made Lopez "arguably the leading artist in the dance-pop movement at the time". Andrew Barker of Variety magazine called the song her "breakout club hit", and wrote that it "seemed to anticipate the rise of Euro-centric dance pop.{{cite web|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|title=Jennifer Lopez Receives Star for Music on Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=https://variety.com/2013/scene/features/jennifer-lopez-receives-star-for-music-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1200493728/|website=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=June 20, 2013|archive-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226041832/http://variety.com/2013/scene/features/jennifer-lopez-receives-star-for-music-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame-1200493728/|url-status=live}}

Although the song is not actually about the then-upcoming millennium and the year 2000, but instead about Lopez anticipating spending time with her lover, thus she's "waiting for tonight", marketing by the record label, as well as the music video funded by the label, tied the song to the new millennium instead. Stacy Lambe of VH1 stated the song quickly became a staple for Lopez. It simultaneously built up the excitement for the New Year while kissing off the fears and drama of the past. It was 1999 after all, and anything could happen."{{cite web|last1=Lambe|first1=Stacy|title=Ranked: Every Jennifer Lopez Single From Worst To Best|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/pa9lkv/ranked-every-jlo-single|website=VH1|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|access-date=February 23, 2015|date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=December 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210194303/http://www.vh1.com/news/53188/ranked-every-jlo-single/|url-status=live}} Nick Murray of Rolling Stone described it as "music worth getting lost in".{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/a-k-a-20140617|title=Jennifer Lopez 'A.K.A' Album Review|last=Murray|first=Nick|date=June 17, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-date=September 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928052637/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/a-k-a-20140617|url-status=live}} In 2017, BuzzFeed listed the song at number 50 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s".{{cite web |first1= Matt |last1= Stopera |first2= Brian |last2= Galindo |title= The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s |website= BuzzFeed |date= March 11, 2017 |access-date= March 31, 2020 |url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jump-to-the-rhythm-jump-jump-to-the-rhythm-jump |archive-date= June 30, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200630021654/https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jump-to-the-rhythm-jump-jump-to-the-rhythm-jump |url-status= live }} In 2018, Rolling Stone ranked "Waiting for Tonight" at number thirty on a list of "50 Greatest Latin Pop Songs", with Suzy Exposito writing: "A reflection of her own experience as a Puerto Rican in the mainland – a perspective shared by many Latinx people living in the United States – 'Waiting for Tonight' pays a soft tribute to the island sounds that raised her, while dominating dance charts around the world and cracking Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Lopez was part of a 1990s Latin "explosion" that saw Latin artists having more mainstream success, that would later include Selena Gomez in the 2000s, just as Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam helped paved the way starting in the 1980s."{{cite magazine |last1=Exposito |first1=Suzy |title=50 Greatest Latin Pop Songs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin-lists/50-greatest-latin-pop-songs-695776/celia-cruz-la-negra-tiene-tumbao-2001-695918/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 23, 2018 |date=July 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823110156/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin-lists/50-greatest-latin-pop-songs-695776/celia-cruz-la-negra-tiene-tumbao-2001-695918/ |url-status=live }} In 2019, Billboard ranked "Waiting for Tonight" as the ninth greatest song of 1999, stating "its themes are universal, the music is infectious, and the chorus remains timeless (...) If 'Tonight' premiered today, it would still be a smash."{{cite magazine |title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8505742/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=April 13, 2019 |date=April 8, 2019 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417101448/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8505742/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99 |url-status=live }}

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly was critical of the album On the 6, but he felt that "Waiting for Tonight" stood out among the album's tracks.{{cite magazine|author=David Browne|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/05/31/6/|title=On the 6 Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|date=May 31, 1999|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022021741/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,64057,00.html|url-status=live}} Richard Harrington from The Washington Post was unfavorable of the song, calling it a "generic" dance track.{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Richard|title=Jennifer Lopez, Finding Her Voice|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/43156060.html?dids=43156060:43156060&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+14%2C+1999&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Jennifer+Lopez%2C+Finding+Her+Voice&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131222425/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/43156060.html?dids=43156060:43156060&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+14,+1999&author=Richard+Harrington&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Jennifer+Lopez,+Finding+Her+Voice&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2013|access-date=October 29, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 14, 1999}} Deseret News described Lopez's vocals as sultry but thin in songs such as "Waiting for Tonight".{{cite web|last1=Iwasald|title=Lopez is great idol, OK singer|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19990709&id=owAqAAAAIBAJ&pg=4208,4098356|website=Deseret News|publisher=Deseret News Publishing Company|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=July 9, 1999|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220552/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19990709&id=owAqAAAAIBAJ&pg=4208%2C4098356|url-status=live}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine observed that Lopez's vocals were best-suited for dance-pop songs such as "Waiting for Tonight" and not much other material. AllMusic's Heather Phares praised the Spanish version of the song, "Una Noche Más", for elevating its parent album On the 6 from a star's vanity project.{{cite web|last1=Phares|first1=Heather|title=On The 6 – Jennifer Lopez|url=http://allmusic.com/album/on-the-6-mw0000238554|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=January 7, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210155723/http://www.allmusic.com/album/on-the-6-mw0000238554|url-status=live}} Lopez earned a Grammy nomination for "Waiting for Tonight" for Best Dance Recording at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, but the category was won by Cher for "Believe".{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/621465/42nd-annual-grammy-awards-complete-list-of-winners/|title=42nd Annual Grammy Awards: Complete List Of Winners|publisher=MTV News|date=February 23, 2000|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919133025/http://www.mtv.com/news/621465/42nd-annual-grammy-awards-complete-list-of-winners/|url-status=dead}}

"Waiting for Tonight" served as the third single from On the 6.{{cite web|last1=Villa|first1=Lucas|title=Jennifer Lopez hits Las Vegas with All I Have show: Her 10 best songs|url=https://www.axs.com/news/jennifer-lopez-hits-las-vegas-with-all-i-have-show-her-10-best-songs-74468|publisher=AXS|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140058/https://www.axs.com/news/jennifer-lopez-hits-las-vegas-with-all-i-have-show-her-10-best-songs-74468|url-status=live}} The track was released on October 27, 1999, in Austria,{{cite web|title=Waiting for Tonight: Amazon.de: Musik|url=https://www.amazon.de/Waiting-Tonight-Lopez-Jennifer/dp/B00003JACX|publisher=Amazon.de|access-date=January 11, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107163359/https://www.amazon.de/Waiting-Tonight-Lopez-Jennifer/dp/B00003JACX|url-status=live}} and five days later in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|title=Waiting for Tonight [CD 1] by Jennifer Lopez|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Waiting-Tonight-CD-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B00003CWZK|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=January 11, 2015|archive-date=January 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107013638/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Waiting-Tonight-CD-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B00003CWZK|url-status=live}} It peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, and had sold 255,000 copies there by July 2016. It debuted and peaked at number two in Spain, where it spent twelve weeks charting in the top ten. The song reached number six in Italy, and charted at number seven on the Single Top 100 chart in the Netherlands. In Belgium, the song peaked at number four in Wallonia and fifteen in Flanders. It was certified gold in Belgium for shipments of 25,000 units. In Finland, "Waiting for Tonight" charted for three weeks, peaking at number eight. The single also peaked at number ten in France, and was later certified gold in France by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, marking shipments of 250,000 units. Elsewhere, it reached the top fifteen in Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Ireland, and Germany (where it also reached the top of the airplay charts). The single peaked at number sixteen in Sweden, and reached the top thirty in Austria (number twenty-four).

"Waiting for Tonight" debuted on the Australian Singles Chart at number 35 on October 31, 1999. In its eleventh week on the chart, it reached a peak of number four. Overall, it spent six weeks in the top ten and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments of 70,000 units. After entering the Official New Zealand Music Chart at number 42 for the week ending October 31, 1999, the song peaked at number five one month later, and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand for shipment of 7,500 units.{{cite web|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart: 31 October 1999|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/singles?chart=1051|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040653/https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/singles?chart=1051|url-status=live}}

For the week ending October 16, 1999, "Waiting for Tonight" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 56 as the "Hot Shot Debut of the Week."{{cite magazine|title=The Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 16, 1999|volume=111|issue=42|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQgEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=January 8, 2015|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}} Airplay increased, with the song steadily rising to number 37 in its second week, garnering the "Greatest Gainer in Airplay" title.{{cite magazine|title=The Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 23, 1999|volume=111|issue=43|page=104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=January 8, 2015|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527001337/https://books.google.com/books?id=dwgEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} In its third week, it jumped to number 25 on the Hot 100, while topping the Billboard Dance Club Play chart.{{cite magazine|title=The Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 30, 1999|volume=111|issue=44|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAgEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=January 8, 2015|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=December 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222171148/https://books.google.com/books?id=eAgEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} "Waiting for Tonight" entered the top ten of the Hot 100 on the week ending November 27, 1999, reaching number nine.{{cite magazine|title=The Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=November 27, 1999|volume=111|issue=48|page=92|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gggEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=January 8, 2015|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=May 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515164509/https://books.google.com/books?id=gggEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} The following week, the song peaked at number eight on the Hot 100, on the chart dated December 4, 1999. It is her ninth-most-successful song on Billboard charts.{{cite magazine|last1=Letkemann|first1=Jessica|title=Jennifer Lopez's Top 10 Biggest Billboard Hits|magazine=Billboard|date=May 15, 2014|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6091769/jennifer-lopez-top-10-songs-biggest-billboard-hits|access-date=January 28, 2015|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124035709/http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6091769/jennifer-lopez-top-10-songs-biggest-billboard-hits|url-status=live}} "Waiting for Tonight" was one of four songs that reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999 based solely on radio play.{{cite magazine|last1=Pietroluongo|first1=Silvio|title=Hot 100 Spotlight|magazine=Billboard|date=December 18, 1999|volume=111|issue=51|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=December 3, 2017|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624213339/https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} The song was, however, released to retail on a limited basis and sold 10,000 copies in the United States by January 2000 and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 31, 2024.{{cite magazine|title=Third Single Shows Lopez Has Legs|magazine=Billboard|date=January 8, 2000|volume=112|issue=2|page=108|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ|access-date=December 3, 2017|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=August 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819015159/https://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} In August 2002, the song received a BDS Certified Spin Award for receiving 200,000 radio spins in the United States.{{cite magazine|title=Spin Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=August 24, 2002|volume=114|issue=34|page=49|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}} In Canada, "Waiting for Tonight" entered at number 4 before reaching number two for the week of November 29, 1999.{{cite web|title=Top RPM Singles: Issue 9976|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9976&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9976.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9976|website=RPM|date=July 17, 2013|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=December 3, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203161009/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9976&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9976.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9976|url-status=live}}

The music video for "Waiting for Tonight" was filmed in Los Angeles. Part of it was shot at the Los Angeles Arboretum. Lopez filmed the music video between a break in filming the movie The Cell. The video was directed by Francis Lawrence, whose work Lopez had admired, though for reasons unknown, Lawrence revived an Alan Smithee credit in the release. Although the video has a New Years Eve-theme reflecting the-then upcoming millennium, the lyrics themselves have nothing to do with a New Years celebration. The song is about Lopez being in love and she can't wait to spend time with her boyfriend, thus she's "waiting for tonight". However, when speaking of the video's concept, Lopez said: "I wanted it to be fun and have a certain type of energy and he (Lawrence) came back with the treatment of the video where it was this millennium party in the jungle. Just the way he described it, it sounded perfect, the kind of thing I really wanted to do so we just went with it."{{cite web|title=Puffy Forever, Jennifer Lopez Heads to the Jungle, Tori Amos Makes Venus: This Week In 1999|url=http://mtv.com/news/articles/1457042/puffy-forever-jennifer-lopez-heads-jungle-tori-amos-makes-venus-this-week.jhtml|website=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|access-date=March 10, 2012|date=August 15, 2002|archive-date=June 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623124532/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457042/puffy-forever-jennifer-lopez-heads-jungle-tori-amos-makes-venus-this-week.jhtml|url-status=dead}} When casting extras for the music video, Lopez stressed that she wanted those appearing around her to look like "real people". For the video, she worked with choreographer Tina Landon, who previously had hired Lopez as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson in the early stages of Lopez's career. Landon also made an appearance in the clip as an extra.{{Cite episode |title=Jennifer Lopez: Waiting for Tonight |series=Making the Video |network=MTV |date=August 23, 1999 |season=1 |number=9}} A second version of the music video featuring the Hex Hector remix of the song was released, later being included on her extended play The Reel Me (2003).{{cite magazine|title=J. Lo Gets 'Reel' On DVD/EP|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68674/j-lo-gets-reel-on-dvdep|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 11, 2015|date=October 13, 2003|archive-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921144441/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/68674/j-lo-gets-reel-on-dvdep|url-status=live}} The creation of "Waiting for Tonight" was documented and aired by MTV on Making the Video. Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan of The Baltimore Sun stated that it revealed the "death-defying dance stunts" which Lopez undertook, "donning stiletto heels and a micro-mini to perform elaborate footwork on a narrow, 6-foot-high Plexiglas platform while cameras caught her from every possible provocative angle".{{cite web|last1=Lu-Lien Tan|title=The Cult of Noncelebrity Takes MTV Beyond Its Music|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/23/entertainment/ca-36619/2|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=November 23, 1999|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106163300/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/nov/23/entertainment/ca-36619/2|url-status=dead}} The music video premiered directly after the Making the Video special on MTV, on August 23, 1999.

File:Waiting for Tonight (Music video).jpg for Lopez and the song.{{cite web|last1=Lambert|first1=Molly|title=Fear And J.Lo In Las Vegas|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2750447/fear-and-j-lo-in-las-vegas/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=March 8, 2016|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042203/http://www.mtv.com/news/2750447/fear-and-j-lo-in-las-vegas/|url-status=dead}}]]

The clip begins with an image of the sun setting. Lopez and her female friends are at a house preparing for a New Year's Eve party. Inter-cut are scenes of Lopez dancing in a jungle, where green lasers are flashing behind her. Later, another scene features Lopez covered with sparkling crystals on her face and body. Her friends later canoe over a river and travel to a rave party which is being held in a rainforest. Towards the end of the song's bridge, the music briefly stops, as the partygoers stare up at a large clock and count down to the year 2000. There is a six-second power outage (a reference to the Y2K concern). The power returns, and the party celebrates the new year. This is inter-cut with scenes of Lopez dancing on top of the crowd, as well as frolicking in a Hawaiian river wearing a black bikini. The Hex Hector remix version features the same premise of the original clip, while including a variety of different shots, and new scenes of Lopez dancing in a jungle with green lasers flashing behind her. This version also incorporates a strobe effect throughout the music video.

The music video was widely popular, receiving heavy rotation on MTV,{{cite web|last1=Rohwedder|first1=Kristie|title=26 Moments from Jennifer Lopez's "Waiting for Tonight" Music Video that Shaped My Expectations for New Year's Eve|url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/56169-26-moments-from-jennifer-lopezs-waiting-for-tonight-music-video-that-shaped-my-expectations-for-new|website=Bustle|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=December 31, 2014|archive-date=January 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109233928/http://www.bustle.com/articles/56169-26-moments-from-jennifer-lopezs-waiting-for-tonight-music-video-that-shaped-my-expectations-for-new|url-status=live}} and establishing Lopez as a "dance princess".{{cite web|last1=Vena|first1=Jocelyn|title=Jennifer Lopez Says She 'Lucked Out' With Lady Gaga Tracks|url=http://mtv.com/news/1663373/jennifer-lopez-lady-gaga-tracks/|website=MTV News|publisher=Viacom|date=May 5, 2011|access-date=January 11, 2015|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111002623/http://www.mtv.com/news/1663373/jennifer-lopez-lady-gaga-tracks/|url-status=dead}} According to monitoring by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, it was the most-played clip on VH1 for the week ending November 28, 1999.{{cite magazine|title=Video Monitor|magazine=Billboard|date=December 11, 1999|volume=111|issue=50|page=99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAgEAAAAMBAJ|access-date=November 27, 2017|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|archive-date=May 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528214456/https://books.google.com/books?id=iAgEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}} It is known for its thematic depiction of a Y2K dance party. Justin Myers of the Official Charts Company called the video a "chilling reminder of the worldwide fear of the so-called Millennium Bug – Jen looks quite anxious when midnight comes at her very futuristic looking New Year bash, doesn't she?" Author Dominic Pettman observed that the music video captured an "orgasmic anticipation" for the new millennium.{{cite book|last1=Pettman|first1=Dominic|title=After the Orgy: Toward a Politics of Exhaustion|date=July 17, 2002|publisher=Suny Press|isbn=0791453952|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZxIxPgcYAkC|access-date=January 6, 2015|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220541/https://books.google.com/books?id=BZxIxPgcYAkC|url-status=live}} Fuse ranked the clip at number 30 on their list of the "Top 100 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time" in 2011.{{cite web|title=The Top 100 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time|url=http://fuse.tv/2013/02/top-100-sexiest-music-videos-of-all-time-full-countdown-recap#30|publisher=Fuse. Fuse Networks|date=September 26, 2011|access-date=January 10, 2015|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110212755/http://www.fuse.tv/2013/02/top-100-sexiest-music-videos-of-all-time-full-countdown-recap#30|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly regarded it as the best music video of Lopez's career.

The visuals of "Waiting for Tonight" became distinctive, particularly the green lasers appearing in the background, and the crystals Lopez wore on her body.{{cite web|last1=Benjamin|first1=Jeff|title=21 Iconic Jennifer Lopez Music Video Looks|url=http://fuse.tv/galleries/2014/06/jennifer-lopez-iconic-music-video-looks#2|publisher=Fuse. Fuse Networks|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110210943/http://www.fuse.tv/galleries/2014/06/jennifer-lopez-iconic-music-video-looks#2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Jennifer|title='American Idol's' Final 3: Two Gals, but Which Guy? Durbin?|url=http://thewrap.com/tv/column-post/american-idols-final-3-two-gals-which-guy-scotty-james-27361/|website=TheWrap|publisher=The Wrap News, Inc.|access-date=January 8, 2015|date=May 12, 2011|quote=The green lasers were straight out of J. Lo's "Waiting for Tonight" video|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110004458/http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/american-idols-final-3-two-gals-which-guy-scotty-james-27361/|url-status=live}} Lopez said in 2014, "[Green lasers] just became so signature to that song and that time. I think that was the first time anyone had used them in a video that way."{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez Reflects on the 15th anniversary of 'On the 6'|url=http://fuse.tv/videos/2014/06/jlo-anniversary-on-the-6|publisher=Fuse. Fuse Networks|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=June 18, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110210946/http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2014/06/jlo-anniversary-on-the-6|url-status=live}} In a press release published by Cision in 2014, it was noted that "Lasers in the jungle and the Y2K vibe of that years New Years Eve celebrations are unforgettable images that helped catapult JLO to international success."{{cite web|title=Wearable Lighting - Miami Special Event Plugs-in To The Latest New Tech|url=http://www.ireachcontent.com/news-releases/wearable-lighting---miami-special-event-plugs-in-to-the-latest-new-tech-266111681.html|publisher=Cision|access-date=November 26, 2017|date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032715/http://www.ireachcontent.com/news-releases/wearable-lighting---miami-special-event-plugs-in-to-the-latest-new-tech-266111681.html|url-status=live}} Maitri Mehta of Bustle magazine wrote that she was "mesmerized by a vision of a bronze J. Lo gettin' life from those green lasers. In almost all of her music videos, J. Lo is extremely, overtly sexy but that's the point."{{cite web|last1=Mehta|first1=Maitri|title=Jennifer Lopez's "Booty" Album & How She's Been in Control of Her Sex Symbol Since Day One|url=http://bustle.com/articles/35656-jennifer-lopezs-booty-album-how-shes-been-in-control-of-her-sex-symbol-status-since|website=Bustle|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=August 14, 2014|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108211601/http://www.bustle.com/articles/35656-jennifer-lopezs-booty-album-how-shes-been-in-control-of-her-sex-symbol-status-since|url-status=live}} American Idol alumnus Adam Lambert revealed, "I remember when I was a kid graduating high school and 'Waiting for Tonight' came out (...) And she had all the rhinestones on her face and she just looked like just dewy and stunning and amazing."{{cite web|last=Ziegbe|first=Mawuse|title=Adam Lambert Predicts Jennifer Lopez And Steven Tyler's 'Idol' Style|url=http://mtv.com/news/articles/1656246/adam-lambert-predicts-jennifer-lopez-steven-tylers-idol-style.jhtml|publisher=MTV News. Viacom|access-date=March 10, 2012|date=January 19, 2011|archive-date=December 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212030049/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1656246/adam-lambert-predicts-jennifer-lopez-steven-tylers-idol-style.jhtml|url-status=dead}} Diane Cho of VH1 noted that Lopez "trademarked" the glitter-look in "Waiting for Tonight", which was adapted by Britney Spears in "Toxic" and Beyoncé in "1+1".{{cite web|last1=Cho|first1=Diane|title=Overused Music Video Cliches That Will NEVER Die|url=https://www.vh1.com/news/dzrkm3/overused-music-video-cliches|website=VH1|publisher=Viacom Media Networks|access-date=February 23, 2015|date=August 8, 2014|archive-date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118224942/http://www.vh1.com/news/53497/overused-music-video-cliches/|url-status=live}}

Monica Herrera of Billboard stated that Adam Lambert's music video for the song "If I Had You" took the "late-night wilderness party motif of Jennifer Lopez's classic 'Waiting for Tonight' clip" and added "more lasers, guyliner, thrashy dance moves, silver top hats and outrageously spiky shoulder pads".{{cite magazine|last1=Herrera|first1=Monica|title=Adam Lambert Goes Wild in 'If I Had You'|url=http://billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957779/adam-lambert-goes-wild-in-if-i-had-you|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=June 14, 2010|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110222842/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/viral-videos/957779/adam-lambert-goes-wild-in-if-i-had-you|url-status=live}} MTV's Nicole James compared Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" music video to "Waiting for Tonight".{{cite web|last=James|first=Nicole|title=New Video: Rihanna, 'Where Have You Been'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2300928/rihanna-where-have-you-been-video-2/|publisher=MTV. Viacom|access-date=May 19, 2012|archive-date=October 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006150027/http://www.mtv.com/news/2300928/rihanna-where-have-you-been-video-2/|url-status=dead}} Tiffany Lee of Yahoo! stated that Selena Gomez was "channeling" an early Lopez in her song "Slow Down", drawing comparisons between both songs and videos, observing that "the premise for both music videos are almost identical", with "dancing in front of flashing lights and sweating in dance floor crowds".{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Tiffany|title=Is Selena Gomez Channeling Early Jennifer Lopez in New Video?|url=https://yahoo.com/music/bp/selena-gomez-channels-early-jennifer-lopez-in-new-video-185147153.html|website=Yahoo! Music|publisher=Yahoo|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=August 8, 2013|archive-date=January 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106163349/https://www.yahoo.com/music/bp/selena-gomez-channels-early-jennifer-lopez-in-new-video-185147153.html|url-status=live}} Pitchfork Media's Lindsay Zoladz stated that English singer FKA twigs' music video for the song "Papi Pacify" features "perhaps the most dazzling use of body glitter in a music video since J. Lo's 'Waiting for Tonight'".{{cite web|last1=Zoladz|first1=Lindsay|title=Video: FKA twigs "Papi Pacify"|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/52284-video-fka-twigs-papi-pacify/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=January 10, 2015|date=September 13, 2013|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110132302/http://pitchfork.com/news/52284-video-fka-twigs-papi-pacify/|url-status=live}} Natasha Bird of Elle magazine compared the music video for Zayn Malik's "Like I Would" to "Waiting for Tonight", writing: "with the addition of all the smoke, lasers and gyrating girls in booty shorts, we can't help but think that this video is an excellent tribute to Jennifer Lopez's millennium party single".{{cite web|last1=Bird|first1=Natasha|title=Zayn Malik's 'Like I Would' Is A 90s Jennifer Lopez Video For The Modern Day|url=http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/news/a30475/zayn-maliks-like-i-would-is-a-90s-jennifer-lopez-video-for-the-modern-day/|website=Elle|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=May 10, 2016|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032749/http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/news/a30475/zayn-maliks-like-i-would-is-a-90s-jennifer-lopez-video-for-the-modern-day/|url-status=live}}

The music video received several award nominations, including three wins. At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, "Waiting for Tonight" was nominated in the Best Choreography and Best Dance Video categories, winning for Best Dance Video.{{cite journal|title=Eminem Rules Video Awards MTV Madness|journal=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 8, 2000|url=https://business.highbeam.com/4037/article-1G1-65149186/eminem-rules-video-awards-mtv-madness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041413/https://business.highbeam.com/4037/article-1G1-65149186/eminem-rules-video-awards-mtv-madness|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 1, 2017|access-date=November 27, 2017|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company}} It also won for Best Dance Video at the International Dance Music Awards.{{cite web |url=http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2000#idmanominees |title=27th Annual International Dance Music Awards – Winter Music Conference 2012 – WMC 2012 |publisher=Winter Music Conference |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814080436/http://wintermusicconference.com/events/idmas/index.php?wmcyear=2000#idmanominees |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }} At the 1999 Billboard Music Video Awards, "Waiting for Tonight" received two nominations for Best Video and Best New-Artist Video.{{cite journal|title=Arts Beat|journal=Dallas Morning News|date=October 10, 1999|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DBD25179FD13&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=July 2, 2013|id=0ED3DBD25179FD13|archive-date=September 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927033947/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DBD25179FD13&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}} It received multiple MVPA Award nominations, including for Pop Video of the Year,{{cite magazine|title=With Eight, Lauryn Hill Tops Nominees For MVPA Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=April 1, 2000|volume=112|issue=14|page=102|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}} and won for Best Hair.{{cite magazine|title=Chemical Bros. Video Wins 3 MVPA Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=April 29, 2000|volume=112|issue=18|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}}

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Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" for the first time on the British music chart television program Top of the Pops, on the episode that aired November 12, 1999, on BBC One.{{Cite episode |series=Top of the Pops |network=BBC |date=November 12, 1999 |season=36 |number=46}} Weeks later, she performed the song at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards on December 8, 1999, where she opened the show. Billboard praised the performance as a "galvanizing" opening to the ceremony.{{cite magazine|title=1999 Billboard Music Awards|magazine=Billboard|date=December 18, 1999|volume=111|issue=51|page=96|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510}} She also sang the song along with "Feelin' So Good" during an appearance on Saturday Night Live on February 5, 2000.{{Cite episode |title=Alan Cumming/Jennifer Lopez |series=Saturday Night Live |network=BBC |date=February 5, 2000 |season=25 |number=11}} The song was included on the setlist of her Let's Get Loud Concerts in Puerto Rico, a performance in which she got down on "all fours" while singing.{{cite news|last=Thompson|first=Kevin|title=J.Lo fans waiting for tonight's concert|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=77|date=November 20, 2001}} The performance was televised on NBC on November 20, 2001.{{cite news|last=D. Thompson|first=Kevin|title=J.Lo Fans Waiting for Tonight's Concert|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F01249859BB1E5D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=October 29, 2012|newspaper=Palm Beach Post|date=November 20, 2001|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110000816/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F01249859BB1E5D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=live}}

Lopez performed a remixed version of the song at the charity fundraiser event Fashion Rocks, along with the single "Do It Well". The performance was broadcast by CBS on September 7, 2007. Newsday writer Glenn Gamboa stated that it "seemed built for the runway with all the wind machines and strutting models".{{cite news|last1=Gamboa|first1=Glenn|title='Fashion Rocks' not such a good fit|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/fashion-rocks-not-such-a-good-fit-1.876566|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=Newsday|publisher=Gordon McLeod|date=September 7, 2007|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307082342/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/fashion-rocks-not-such-a-good-fit-1.876566|url-status=live}} Lopez included "Waiting for Tonight" on her set list during her 2007 co-headlining concert tour with then-husband Marc Anthony. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter described her set as "Heavily choreographed, lavishly costumed and featuring the requisite pyrotechnics and video self-homage."{{cite news|last1=Scheck|first1=Frank|title=Marc Anthony a hard act for J-Lo to follow|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-review-music-lopez/marc-anthony-a-hard-act-for-j-lo-to-follow-idUSN0944901220071009|work=Reuters|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=October 10, 2007|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074107/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-review-music-lopez/marc-anthony-a-hard-act-for-j-lo-to-follow-idUSN0944901220071009|url-status=live}} In 2009, Lopez performed it at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in a revealing catsuit. The catsuit provoked a mixed reaction from the public; The host of the show Ryan Seacrest praised the outfit, saying that it "made my year", but others were not so admiring. Alicia Lundgren, a 24-year-old dancer from Philadelphia, told the New York Daily News: "There's too many wrinkles. It looks like elephant skin."{{cite web|last1=Pearson|first1=Erica|title=J.Lo's got sexy for 2010: Jennifer Lopez' skin-tight outfit is talk of New Year|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/lo-sexy-2010-jennifer-lopez-skin-tight-outfit-talk-new-year-article-1.198081|website=New York Daily News|publisher=Tronc|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=January 1, 2010|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215205539/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/lo-sexy-2010-jennifer-lopez-skin-tight-outfit-talk-new-year-article-1.198081|url-status=live}} Months later in February 2010, Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" as part of a medley of her songs—a set that included "Jenny from the Block", "Love Don't Cost a Thing", "Get Right" and "Let's Get Loud"—at the Sanremo Music Festival, wearing a "skintight, studded leather black catsuit".{{cite web|last1=Rosario|first1=Mariela|title=Watch: J.Lo Performs New Single at Sanremo Music Festival|url=http://latina.com/entertainment/music/watch-jlo-performs-new-single-sanremo-music-festival|website=Latina|publisher=Lauren Michaels|access-date=January 7, 2015|date=February 22, 2010|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220552/https://latina.com/|url-status=live}} At the Summertime Ball festival hosted by Capital Radio at Wembley Stadium on June 12, 2011, Lopez performed "Waiting for Tonight" among other songs.{{cite web|last1=Daw|first1=Robbie|title=Enrique Iglesias & Nicole Scherzinger Heat Up The Stage At Summertime Ball|url=https://www.idolator.com/5899571/enrique-iglesias-nicole-scherzinger-summertime-ball|website=Idolator|publisher=Hive Media|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=June 13, 2011}}

Lopez wore a glittery bodysuit for her performance of the song at Mohegan Sun's 15th anniversary celebration concert. It featured dancers that "whirled" around the singer while green lasers swept across the arena ceiling.{{cite web |url=http://articles.courant.com/2011-10-23/news/hc-concert-review-jennifer-lopez-mohegan-sun-20111022_1_dancers-costume-change-papi |title=Concert Review: Jennifer Lopez at Mohegan Sun |website=Hartford Courant |date=October 23, 2011 |access-date=July 11, 2012 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221431/http://articles.courant.com/2011-10-23/news/hc-concert-review-jennifer-lopez-mohegan-sun-20111022_1_dancers-costume-change-papi |url-status=dead }} "Waiting for Tonight" was included on the setlist for her Dance Again World Tour in 2012.Sources for setlist:

• {{cite web |url=http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/noticia.asp?codigo=340730&modulo=972&origem=ultimahora-wide |title=Jennifer Lopez divulga setlist dos shows no Brasil |trans-title=Jennifer Lopez announces the setlist for shows in Brazil |language=pt |date=June 15, 2012 |work=Diário do Nordeste |publisher=Sistema Verdes Mares |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619143739/http://diariodonordeste.globo.com/noticia.asp?codigo=340730&modulo=972&origem=ultimahora-wide |archive-date=June 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web |url=http://multishow.globo.com/musica/noticias/Jennifer-Lopez-apresenta-setlist-de-hits-e-anima-publico-carioca#fotogaleria=1 |title=Jennifer Lopez apresenta setlist de hits e anima público carioca |trans-title=Jennifer Lopez has set list of hits and encourages public carioca |language=pt |author=Palma, Louise |date=June 28, 2012 |work=Multishow |publisher=Globosat |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005172505/http://multishow.globo.com/musica/noticias/Jennifer-Lopez-apresenta-setlist-de-hits-e-anima-publico-carioca#fotogaleria=1 |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
• {{cite web |url=http://eluniversal.com/arte-y-entretenimiento/musica/120620/jennifer-lopez-derrocha-sensualidad-en-santiago-de-chile |title=Jennifer López derrocha sensualidad en Santiago de Chile |trans-title=Jennifer Lopez exudes sensuality in Santiago, Chile |language=es |date=June 20, 2012 |work=El Universal |access-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623042412/http://www.eluniversal.com/arte-y-entretenimiento/musica/120620/jennifer-lopez-derrocha-sensualidad-en-santiago-de-chile |archive-date=June 23, 2012 |url-status=live }} She performed the song while dancing on a white moving platform.{{cite news|last1=Lersakvanitchakul|first1=Kitchana|title=High jinx with J-Lo|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/High-jinx-with-J-Lo-30195797.html|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=The Nation|publisher=Nation Multimedia Group|date=December 8, 2012|archive-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130053400/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/High-jinx-with-J-Lo-30195797.html|url-status=dead}} During the tour's European leg at a concert in Italy, Lopez supposedly had a wardrobe malfunction according to various sources during her performance of "Waiting for Tonight". She was wearing a "plunging skintight cat suit".{{cite web |url=http://fashionnstyle.com/articles/3679/20121014/jennifer-lopez-wardrobe-malfunction-jlo-nip-slip-spanx-concert-italy-tour.htm |title=Jennifer Lopez Wardrobe Malfunction: JLo Suffers Nip-Slip and Reveals Spanx On Stage |publisher=Fashion & Style |date=October 14, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017062501/http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articles/3679/20121014/jennifer-lopez-wardrobe-malfunction-jlo-nip-slip-spanx-concert-italy-tour.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/jennifer-lopez-suffers-wardrobe-malfunction-on-stage-in-italy-3263308.html |title=Jennifer Lopez suffers wardrobe malfunction on stage in Italy |website=Irish Independent |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106073341/http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/jennifer-lopez-suffers-wardrobe-malfunction-on-stage-in-italy-3263308.html |url-status=live }} Lopez performed the track along with several other songs during a July 2013 concert in Hyde Park, London.{{cite web|last1=Corner|first1=Lewis|title=Jennifer Lopez, Lionel Richie rock Hyde Park – pictures|url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/news/a498525/jennifer-lopez-lionel-richie-rock-hyde-park-pictures.html#~p15rXL9mCkEDOB|website=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Magazines UK|access-date=January 11, 2015|date=July 16, 2013|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111194408/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/news/a498525/jennifer-lopez-lionel-richie-rock-hyde-park-pictures.html#~p15rXL9mCkEDOB|url-status=live}} In March 2014, she sang "Waiting for Tonight" during her concert at the Dubai World Cup.{{cite web|last1=Hamad|first1=Marwa|title=Jennifer Lopez knocks it out of the park at Dubai World Cup|url=http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-at-dubai-world-cup-1.1310521|website=Gulf News|publisher=Al Nisr Publishing|access-date=January 9, 2015|date=March 30, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110000559/http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/celebrity/jennifer-lopez-knocks-it-out-of-the-park-at-dubai-world-cup-1.1310521|url-status=live}} In June of that year, Lopez performed the song during a concert in The Bronx which marked fifteen years since the release of On the 6. Andrew Hampp from Billboard wrote that the "laser-drenched" performance reached "World Cup levels of euphoria for a large swath of fans".{{cite magazine|last1=Hampp|first1=Andrew|title=Jennifer Lopez Brings 15 Years of Hits Home to The Bronx (Review)|url=http://billboard.com/articles/events/live/6113697/jennifer-lopez-bronx-concert-review-setlist-video-pelham-bay-park|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=June 15, 2014|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108132112/http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/live/6113697/jennifer-lopez-bronx-concert-review-setlist-video-pelham-bay-park|url-status=live}} Three months later, she performed the song again at the 2014 Singapore Grand Prix, as part of a 90-minute set. Along with her debut single "If You Had My Love", "Waiting for Tonight" was given "a bass-heavy remix that added to the arena rock atmosphere" according to The Straits Times.{{cite web|last1=Kok|first1=Melissa|title=Concert review: With a lot of booty-shaking, Jennifer Lopez shows she's still got it|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/formula-one/concert-review-with-a-lot-of-booty-shaking-jennifer-lopez-shows-shes-still-got-it|website=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=September 22, 2014|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107110121/http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/formula-one/concert-review-with-a-lot-of-booty-shaking-jennifer-lopez-shows-shes-still-got-it|url-status=live}} At her The Best Is Yet To Come concert which took place on New Year's Eve 2014 in Caesars Palace, Lopez included "Waiting for Tonight" on her setlist; during the performance, she wore a red-sequined costume and performed a striptease on a couch.{{cite web|last1=Katsilometes|first1=John|title=It's the J.Lo show as the Colosseum sets the stage for something big|url=http://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/jan/01/its-j-lo-show-colosseum-sets-stage-something-big/|website=Las Vegas Sun News|access-date=January 6, 2015|date=January 1, 2015|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220556/https://lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2015/jan/01/its-j-lo-show-colosseum-sets-stage-something-big/|url-status=live}} Lopez opened her performance at the American Music Awards of 2015 (where she also hosted the ceremony) with a "slower, sultrier" rendition of "Waiting for Tonight". She was clothed in a tribal-print body stocking.{{cite magazine|title=American Music Awards 2015's 20 Best and Worst Moments|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/american-music-awards-2015s-20-best-and-worst-moments-20151123/best-that-guy-from-dnce-20151123|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 23, 2015|publisher=Wenner Media|access-date=November 24, 2015|archive-date=November 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125012843/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/american-music-awards-2015s-20-best-and-worst-moments-20151123/best-that-guy-from-dnce-20151123|url-status=live}} At her Las Vegas residency show Jennifer Lopez: All I Have in 2016, Lopez performed a reworked "hyper-futuristic" EDM{{cite web|last1=Barlow|first1=Eve|title=Jennifer Lopez review – star comes out with guns blazing in Vegas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/21/jennifer-lopez-las-vegas-residency-review|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 16, 2016|date=January 22, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817232104/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/jan/21/jennifer-lopez-las-vegas-residency-review|url-status=live}} and house version of "Waiting for Tonight", which included "fierce" voguing.{{cite web|last1=D. Kennery|first1=Gerrick|title=Review Jennifer Lopez gives all she's got -- and more -- in Vegas|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jennifer-lopez-vegas-20160124-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=August 20, 2016|date=January 24, 2016|archive-date=February 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215083650/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jennifer-lopez-vegas-20160124-story.html|url-status=live}} Lopez opened her performance at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, where she received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, with "Waiting for Tonight". Kenzie Bryant of Vanity Fair described the set design during the song as "so leafy and green and neon it was reminiscent of her Versace Grammys dress",{{cite web |last1=Bryant |first1=Kenzie |title=V.M.A.s 2018: Jennifer Lopez Proves She Can Still Steal the Show |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/jennifer-lopez-video-vanguard-award-2018-mtv-video-music-awards |website=Vanity Fair |access-date=August 23, 2018 |date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110220551/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/jennifer-lopez-video-vanguard-award-2018-mtv-video-music-awards |url-status=live }} and Billboard ranked Lopez's performance as the best of the night.{{cite magazine |last1=Unterberger |first1=Andrew |title=VMAs 2018: All the Performances Ranked From Worst to Best |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/8471375/video-music-awards-2018-best-performances-ranked |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 23, 2018 |date=August 21, 2018 |archive-date=August 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822121728/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/8471375/video-music-awards-2018-best-performances-ranked |url-status=live }}

The song was featured in Lopez's setlist during the 2020 Super Bowl LIV halftime show.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2020-halftime-show-and-set-list-watch-jennifer-lopez-and-shakira-take-the-stage-in-miami/ |title=Super Bowl 2020 halftime show and set list: Watch Jennifer Lopez and Shakira take the stage in Miami |first=Shanna |last=McCarriston |date=February 2, 2020 |magazine=CBS Sports |access-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203021051/https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2020-halftime-show-and-set-list-watch-jennifer-lopez-and-shakira-take-the-stage-in-miami/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/02/03/super-bowl-liv-halftime-set-list-jennifer-lopez-shakira |title=Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Setlist: Every Song Jennifer Lopez, Shakira Performed |first=Elizabeth |last=Swinton |date=February 2, 2020 |magazine=CBS Sports |access-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-date=February 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203021054/https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/02/03/super-bowl-liv-halftime-set-list-jennifer-lopez-shakira |url-status=live }}

During Lopez's guest appearance on "I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't", from the sixth season of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace, she performed "Waiting for Tonight". The episode aired on April 29, 2004, as the season's finale.{{Cite episode |title=I Do, Oh, No, You Di-in't |series=Will & Grace |network=NBC |date=April 29, 2004 |season=6 |number=24}} On the seventh season of the competitive dance series America's Best Dance Crew in May 2012, the group Fanny Pak performed a routine to "Waiting for Tonight".{{cite web|title=Fanny Pak Performance|url=http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/nt9olc/randy-jackson-presents-americas-best-dance-crew-fanny-pak-performance|publisher=MTV|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=May 9, 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In March 2016, Lopez appeared with James Corden on the Carpool Karaoke segment of his The Late Late Show with James Corden, where she "teaches Corden how to vamp for the camera" as "Waiting for Tonight" plays.{{cite web|last1=Lamour|first1=Joseph|title=Jennifer Lopez Sings 'Waiting For Tonight' And Texts Leonardo DiCaprio on 'Carpool Karaoke'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2859120/jennifer-lopez-james-corden-carpool-karaoke/|publisher=MTV News|access-date=November 27, 2017|date=March 30, 2016|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042150/http://www.mtv.com/news/2859120/jennifer-lopez-james-corden-carpool-karaoke/|url-status=dead}} That May, Christina Milian recreated the song's music video on an episode of the reality competition series Lip Sync Battle.{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Lip Sync Battle: Christina Milian channels Jennifer Lopez|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/05/16/lip-sync-battle-christina-milian-clip/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=November 26, 2017|date=May 16, 2016|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040803/http://ew.com/article/2016/05/16/lip-sync-battle-christina-milian-clip/|url-status=live}} In March 2019, the Hex Hector remix was used as a lip sync song on the eleventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race, with six contestants lip syncing at the same time for the first time in the show's history.{{cite magazine |last1=Daw |first1=Stephen |title=Honey Davenport Talks Shocking Lip Sync Battle, Activism in Drag & More After 'Drag Race' Exit |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8502742/honey-davenport-interview-rupauls-drag-race-elimination |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 20, 2020 |date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322231938/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8502742/honey-davenport-interview-rupauls-drag-race-elimination |url-status=live }} That September, actress Constance Wu performed "Waiting for Tonight" on an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden.{{cite web |last1=Blynn |first1=Jamie |title=Constance Wu Has Been Waiting For This Night to Show Off Her Jennifer Lopez Impersonation |url=https://www.eonline.com/au/news/1073819/constance-wu-has-been-waiting-for-this-night-to-show-off-her-jennifer-lopez-impersonation |website=E! Online |access-date=January 20, 2020 |date=September 17, 2019 |archive-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005150356/https://www.eonline.com/au/news/1073819/constance-wu-has-been-waiting-for-this-night-to-show-off-her-jennifer-lopez-impersonation |url-status=live }} In March 2024, Ariana Grande and Bowen Yang briefly performed "Waiting for Tonight" among other songs as part of a skit on Saturday Night Live.{{cite magazine |last1=Peters |first1=Mitchell |title=Ariana Grande Previews 'Wicked' Riff in 'Moulin Rouge' Spoof on 'SNL': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-snl-moulin-rouge-sketch-bowen-yang-wicked-1235628957/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 19, 2024 |date=March 10, 2024}}

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• Cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=UK cassette single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668307 4}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Album Version) – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Metro Mix) – 5:53

• German CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=German CD maxi single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=667793 2}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Album Version) – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit) [Spanish and English] – 3:59

• Australian CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=Australian CD maxi single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=667877 2}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Album Version) – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit) – 3:59
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Radio Mix) – 3:52
4. "If You Had My Love" (Metro Club Mix) – 6:09

• German CD maxi single

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Album Version) – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit) [Spanish and English] – 3:59
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Radio Mix) – 3:52
4. "Waiting for Tonight" (Metro Mix) – 5:53

• UK CD maxi single 1{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=UK CD maxi single 2 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668307 2}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Radio Mix) – 3:52
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Futureshock Midnight at Mambo Remix) – 8:36

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• UK CD maxi single 2{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=UK CD maxi single 2 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=668307 5}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" – 4:06
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Metro Mix) – 5:53
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo's Miami Mix Radio Edit) – 4:01

• Australian CD maxi single (The Remixes){{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=Australian CD maxi single (The Remixes) liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=667877 5}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex Hector Vocal Remix Extended) – 11:15
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex Hector Dub) – 6:31
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Metro Club Mix) – 5:54
4. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo Flores Miami Mix) [English] – 10:01
5. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Video Remix) – 4:34

• Australian and European 12-inch vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=Australian 12-inch vinyl liner notes|publisher=Work Group|id=667793 6}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Metro Mix) – 5:53
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo's Miami Mix Spanglish Radio Edit) [Spanish and English] – 3:59
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Futureshock Midnight at Mambo Remix) – 8:36
4. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Club Mix) – 11:17

• US 12-inch vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Waiting for Tonight |others=Jennifer Lopez|date=1999|type=American 12-inch vinyl liner notes|publisher=Epic Records|id=42 79292}}

1. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Club Mix) – 11:15
2. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo Flores Spanglish Miami Radio Edit) – 3:56
3. "Waiting for Tonight" (Pablo Flores Miami Mix) – 10:00
4. "Waiting for Tonight" (Hex's Momentous Video Edit) – 4:50

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of On the 6.{{cite AV media notes |title=On the 6 |others=Jennifer Lopez |year=1999 |type=booklet |publisher=Work Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment |location=New York City, NY}}

"Waiting for Tonight"

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• David Barrett – production coordinator
• Jane Barrett – background vocals
• Juan Bohorquez – assistant engineer
• Maria Christensen – background vocals, songwriter
• Margaret Dorn – background vocals
• Michael Garvin – songwriter
• Franklyn Grant – engineer
• Dan Hetzel – mixer
• Ritchie Jones – additional producer, additional programmer, arranger, drums, remixer, percussion
• Eric Kupper – keyboards
• Jennifer Lopez – lead vocals
• Phil Temple – songwriter
• "Young" Dave Scheuer – additional programmer, additional arranger, engineer
• Ric Wake – arranger, producer
• Robb Williams – assistant engineer
• Thomas R. Yezzi – engineer

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"Una Noche Más"

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• David Barrett – production coordinator
• Manny Benito – adapter, songwriter
• Juan Bohorquez – assistant engineer
• Maria Christensen – songwriter
• Alfred Figueroa – assistant engineer
• Michael Garvin – songwriter
• Franklyn Grant – engineer
• Dan Hetzel – mixer
• Ritchie Jones – additional producer, additional programmer, arranger, drums, remixer, percussion
• Eric Kupper – keyboards
• Jennifer Lopez – lead vocals
• Phil Temple – songwriter
• Wendy Peterson – background vocals
• Freddy Piñero Jr. – engineer
• Rita Quintero – background vocals
• "Young" Dave Scheuer – additional programmer, additional arranger, engineer
• Ric Wake – arranger, producer
• Robb Williams – assistant engineer
• Thomas R. Yezzi – engineer

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=1999|certyear=2022|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=February 7, 2022|refname="Australia Cert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=January 10, 2015|refname="Belgium Cert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=France|artist=Jennifer Lopez|title=Waiting for Tonight|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|refname="French Cert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|id=1183|title=Waiting for Tonight|artist=Jennifer Lopez|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|access-date=January 10, 2015|certref=}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|certyear=2022|relyear=2004|title=Waiting for Tonight|artist=Jennifer Lopez|award=Gold|refname=BPI|type=single|id=9817-1293-1|access-date=May 22, 2022|salesamount=400,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jennifer-lopezs-official-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__15657/|title=These are officially Jennifer Lopez's biggest songs in the UK|last=Myers|first=Justin|date=July 24, 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=July 25, 2016|archive-date=July 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160726132310/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jennifer-lopezs-official-biggest-songs-in-the-uk-revealed__15657/|url-status=live}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|certyear=2024|relyear=1999|title=Waiting for Tonight|artist=Jennifer Lopez|award=Platinum|refname="RIAA"|type=single|access-date=May 31, 2024}}

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