The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"The Waiting" is the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' album Hard Promises, released in 1981. The song peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and #1 on the magazine's new Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks during the summer of 1981.
The song was later reissued as the b-side to the single-only release of "Mary Jane's Last Dance" in 1993.