"Hurry Up and Wait" is a song by Welsh rock band

Stereophonics Stereophonics are a Welsh rock band formed in 1992 in the village of Cwmaman in the Cynon Valley, Wales. The band consists of Kelly Jones (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Richard Jones (bass guitar, harmonica, backing vocals), Adam Zind ...

, released as the fifth and final single from their second album, ''

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'' (1999), on 8 November 1999. The song reached number 11 on the

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, as did previous single "

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". 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

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is on CD2 of the "Hurry Up and Wait" singles. An acoustic version is on CD2 on the "

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" single. The music video features the band parodying the 1970 film ''

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''.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Hurry Up and Wait" # " Angie" (

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cover) # "

" (Stuart Cable version) UK CD2 # "Hurry Up and Wait" (live at

) # "I Stopped to Fill My Car Up" (live at Morfa Stadium) # "Billy Davey's Daughter" (live at Morfa Stadium) UK cassette single # "Hurry Up and Wait" # "Angie" (Rolling Stones cover)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the ''

'' album booklet. Recording * Written from October to November 1997 on a tour bus * Recorded at Parkgate (

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, England) * Mastered at

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(London, England) Personnel *

Kelly Jones Kelly Jones (born 3 June 1974) is a Welsh singer-songwriter and a founding member, lead singer, and guitarist of the rock band Stereophonics. Early life and debut Kelly Jones was born youngest of three boys for Beryl and Arwyn Jones in the s ...

– music, lyrics, vocals, guitar * Richard Jones – music, bass *

Stuart Cable Stuart James Cable (19 May 1970 – 7 June 2010) was a Welsh rock drummer and broadcaster, best known as the original drummer for the band Stereophonics. Early life Cable was born in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on 19 May 1970. When he was 10 ...

– music, drums * Marshall Bird – keyboards * Bird & Bush – production * Al Clay – mixing * Ian Cooper – mastering

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1997 songs 1999 singles Rock ballads Songs written by Kelly Jones Stereophonics songs UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles V2 Records singles