Waiting for Your Love

"Waiting for Your Love" is a song by American pop and rock band Toto from their 1982 album Toto IV. In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[2]

"Waiting for Your Love"
Single by Toto
from the album Toto IV
B-side	"Lovers in the Night"
Released	June 1983 (US) July 29, 1983 (UK)[1]
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	Post-disco
Length	4:12
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Kimball, David Paich
Producer(s)	Toto
Toto singles chronology
"I Won't Hold You Back" (1983) "Waiting for Your Love" (1983) "Stranger in Town" (1984)

Composition

The song was written by vocalist Bobby Kimball and keyboardist David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major.^[3]

Kimball said in an interview that he "wrote it in the '70s and originally called it "'You Got Me'".^[4] 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

Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that "Waiting for Your Love" had an infectious, danceable, back beat.^[5]

Personnel

• Bobby Kimball – vocals
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• David Paich – keyboards, synthesizers, background vocals
• Steve Lukather – guitar, background vocals
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion