Tired of Waiting for You

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“Tired of Waiting for You”
Single by The Kinks
B-side "Come On Now" (R. Davies)
Released 15 January 1965 (UK)
17 February 1965 (USA)
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded August, December 1964
Label Pye 7N 15759 (UK)
Reprise 0347 (USA)
Writer(s) Ray Davies
Producer Shel Talmy
The Kinks singles chronology
"Kinksize Session"
(1964)
"Tired of Waiting for You"
(1965)
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
(1965)

"Tired of Waiting for You" was a hit 1965 rock song by the British Invasion band The Kinks. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was recorded late August 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London, with additional guitar overdub at IBC Studios, London in 29 December 1964, "Come On Now" was recorded 22 or 23 December, 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2).

American punk group Green Day and country music singer Dwight Yoakam have both covered the song. The Green Day version can be found in their album Shenanigans. The Dwight Yoakam version, in Under the Covers. Also Suzi Quatro covered this song in her 1978 album If You Knew Suzi.

Preceded by
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers
UK number one single
February 18, 1965 (1 week)
Succeeded by
"I'll Never Find Another You" by The Seekers