Airwaves (Badfinger song)

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"Airwaves"
Song by Badfinger
from the album Airwaves
Released11 May 1979
Recorded1978
Length0:29
Label Elektra
Songwriter(s) Tom Evans, Joey Molland
Producer(s) David Malloy

"Airwaves" is a short song written by Tom Evans and Joey Molland that was released as the opening track on Badfinger's 1979 album Airwaves . The song segues into the album's second track, "Look Out California".

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