Hurry Up and Wait (song)

"Hurry Up and Wait"
Single by Stereophonics
from the album Performance and Cocktails
B-side"Angie"
WrittenOctober–November 1997
Released8 November 1999 (1999-11-08)[1]
StudioParkgate (East Sussex, England)
Length4:40
LabelV2
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Kelly Jones
Producer(s)Bird & Bush
Stereophonics singles chronology
"I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio"
(1999)
"Hurry Up and Wait"
(1999)
"Mama Told Me Not to Come"
(2000)
Music video
"Hurry Up and Wait" on YouTube

"Hurry Up and Wait" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics, released as the fifth and final single from their second album, Performance and Cocktails (1999), on 8 November 1999. The song reached number 11 on the UK Singles Chart, as did previous single "I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio". It also reached number 23 in Ireland, becoming the band's fifth top-30 hit there.

The song is track three on the album. A live version from Morfa Stadium is on CD2 of the "Hurry Up and Wait" singles. An acoustic version is on CD2 on the "Mr. Writer" single.[2] The music video features the band parodying the 1970 film M*A*S*H.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 8 November, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 6 November 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Mr. Writer (UK CD2 liner notes). Stereophonics. V2 Records. 2001. VVR5015938.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)