Waiting for You (Sharon O'Neill song)

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"Waiting for You"
Waiting for You by Sharon O'Neill.jpg
Single by Sharon O'Neill
from the album Maybe
ReleasedJune 1981
RecordedSydney, Australia
Genre Pop
Length3:28
Label CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Sharon O'Neill
Producer(s) Peter McIan
Sharon O'Neill singles chronology
"How Do You Talk to Boys"
(1980)
"Waiting for You"
(1981)
"Maybe"
(1981)

"Waiting for You" is a song by New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O'Neill. The song was released in June 1981 as the lead single from her forthcoming third studio album, Maybe (1981). O'Neill performed the song live on the Countdown on 2 August 1981. [1] The song peaked at number 50 in Australia.

Contents

Track listing

7" (BA 222811)

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Maybe. [2]

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report [3] 50

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References

  1. "Sharon O'Neill – 'Waiting for You'". WN. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. Maybe (album sleeve). Sharon O'Neill. Australia: CBS Records. 1981. SBP 237604.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.