"Waiting for Your Love" is a song by American pop and rock band Toto from their 1982 album ''

Toto IV ''Toto IV'' is the fourth studio album by American rock music, rock band Toto (band), Toto, released on April 8, 1982, by Columbia Records. The album's lead single, "Rosanna (song), Rosanna", peaked at number 2 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot ...

''. In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.

Composition

The song was written by vocalist

Bobby Kimball Robert Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American retired singer best known as longtime frontman of the rock band Toto from 1977 to 1984 and again from 1998 to 2008. He has also performed as a solo artist and session singer. History ...

and keyboardist

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto (band), Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrot ...

and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he "wrote it in the '70s and originally called it "'You Got Me'". This has been substantiated by his producer and archivist John Zaika, and it was originally written in 1977. Kimball had the verses written in that original demo and him and Paich later wrote the chorus in 1981 when recording Toto IV.

Reception

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gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that "Waiting for Your Love" had an infectious, danceable, back beat.

Personnel

– vocals *

David Hungate David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American retired bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his ...

– bass guitar *

– keyboards, synthesizers,

background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

Steve Lukather Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to ...

– guitar, background vocals *

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, singer, and film music composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff ...

– synthesizers *

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer. He is best known for being the co-founder and drummer of the rock band Toto, but is also one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on hundr ...

– drums, percussion

References

1982 songs 1983 singles Toto (band) songs Songs written by David Paich Columbia Records singles {{1980s-song-stub