Waiting for Your Love
Appearance
"Waiting for Your Love" | ||||
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Single by Toto | ||||
from the album Toto IV | ||||
B-side | "Lovers in the Night" | |||
Released | June 1983 (US)
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Genre | Post-disco | |||
Length | 4:12 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bobby Kimball, David Paich | |||
Producer(s) | Toto | |||
Toto singles chronology | ||||
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"Waiting for Your Love" is a song by American pop and rock band Toto from their 1982 album Toto IV. In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2]
Composition[edit]
The song was written by vocalist Bobby Kimball and keyboardist David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major.[3]
Kimball said in an interview that he "wrote it in the '70s and originally called it "'You Got Me'".[4]
Reception[edit]
Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that "Waiting for Your Love" had an infectious, danceable, back beat.[5]
Personnel[edit]
- Bobby Kimball – vocals
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- David Paich – synthesizers, background vocals
- Steve Lukather – guitar, background vocals
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
References[edit]
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 24.
- ^ "Toto Chart History". www.billboard.com.
- ^ "Key & BPM for Waiting for Your Love by Toto – Tunebat". tunebat.com.
- ^ "Interview-Giveaway with Toto's Bobby Kimball – Goldmine Magazine". December 18, 2017.
- ^ "Toto, "Waiting For Your Love" from 'Toto IV' (1982): Toto Tuesdays". June 21, 2016.