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"Waiting on a Friend" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones from their 1981 album Tattoo You. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and released as the album's second single, it reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US.
The music video is very literal: Mick Jagger is standing in a doorway, waiting for his friend (Keith Richards) to come by. Then they go to a bar and meet up with the rest of the band.
Waiting On a Friend Lyrics: {Intro} / Watching girls go passing by / It ain't the latest thing / I'm just standing in a doorway / I'm just trying to make some sense' / Out of these girls that ...
Feb 22, 2024 · What “Waiting on a Friend” is About. “Waiting on a Friend” plays cleverly off the reputation of Jagger as a kind of serial playboy. Instead, he insists that, I’m not waiting on a lady ...
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Nov 30, 2023 · Keith Richards was a heroin user at the time, and the song could be a euphemism for waiting on the “connection” – the man with the drugs. Should Keith (or in this case, Mick, as he is singing in the video) get questioned by the police, his response would be, “I’m just waiting on a friend.”.
Nov 23, 2021 · "Waiting on a Friend" was one of the oldest Rolling Stones leftovers to find its way onto Tattoo You and also the most fully realized demo. In fact, Mick Jagger probably could have simply...
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But Waiting on a Friend was a glimmer of hope; they're fighting now, but at the end of the day, one of them(probably Mick) will be waiting around for the other(probably Keith) and they'll just go off together.
