Temptation Waits

"Temptation Waits"
Promotional single by Garbage
from the album Version 2.0
ReleasedJune 20, 1999
Recorded1997–1998
StudioSmart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin
GenrePop[1]
Length4:37
LabelMushroom Records UK
Songwriter(s)Garbage
Producer(s)Garbage

"Temptation Waits" is a 1999 song performed by the band Garbage and is featured in their second studio album Version 2.0 as the opening song.

"Temptation Waits" was not released as an international single, but was released as an airplay-only sixth single in Spain to mark the year-long chart run of Version 2.0 on the Spanish album charts[2] and to mark its certification of the European Platinum Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for 1 million sales of Version 2.0 across Europe.[3]

In North America, "Temptation Waits" was licensed to TV's Angel, Dawson's Creek, The Sopranos[4] and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and was included on the 1999 tie-in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album.

  1. ^ "Almo/Mushroom's Garbage Puts Cyber Spin on Classic Pop Spirit". Billboard magazine (reproduced on Cafemomo.com). Archived from the original on 2001-11-22. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
  2. ^ "Temptation Waits" press release. Retrieved 2010-01-29
  3. ^ "Garbage Fast Facts". Garbage.com. Archived from the original on 2000-04-08. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  4. ^ "HBO: The Sopranos S 1 EP 12 Isabella Music Credits". Home Box Office. Retrieved 2010-01-29.