"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" is a song written and sung by Jack Johnson. It is the sixth song on the album ''

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'', which was released in February 2005. It was released as a single in January 2005. The music video features reverse narration, similar to Coldplay's video for " The Scientist". The song was inspired by one of his friends' pursuit of a woman. The single, "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" only became a chart hit in the United Kingdom after the re-release climbed into the Top 75 following Jack Johnson's exposure on the

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on ITV1. The single climbed to hit status a week before the release of " Better Together". Both the original release and indeed the re-issue had failed to chart until this point. However, the single was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of

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. Additionally, it was nominated for Best Male Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan ceremony in 2006.

Background

Johnson explains the inspiration behind the song by saying: "A friend of mine was trying to get this girl named Michelle," said Johnson, "and I tried to write a song that would help him have a laugh at himself because he was spending so much time trying to get her and it obviously wasn't leading anywhere. That was one just to cheer up a friend."Johnson hits the road, sharing his 'Dreams' - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
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Track listing

CD single

# "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - 3:09 # "Free" (with Donavon Frankenreiter) - 2:35

German single

# "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - 03:09 # "Free" (with Donavon Frankenreiter) - 2:35 # "Give It To You" (with G.Love) - 03:22 # "Taylor" (Video)

Charts

¹ = re-issue

Certifications

References

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