# Too many "what are you waiting for" songs, can anyone help?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-what-are-you-waiting-for-songs-can-anyone-help/760921 "2016-07-26T08:15:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-what-are-you-waiting-for-songs-can-anyone-help/760921/1 "2016-07-26T08:15:34Z")

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I heard a song recently that I’d like to track down but Shazam loaded a second too slowly so I missed out on the 21st century solution.

I would say the song is rock or pop or somewhere in between. The only thing I can remember offhand is that the end of the song is a guy singing “what are you waiting for?” a few times. It is definitely not Nickelback. In fact, I am pretty sure “What are you waiting for?” is not the title of the song. Unfortunately this is such a common sentiment in music that even the lyrical archives of [Genius.com](http://Genius.com) return no usable results.

The singer is male and has a voice somewhat like Nathaniel Rateliff. For some reason I find myself thinking that my mystery artist is the lead singer of a band doing a solo project. And I can’t narrow down a timeline for the song but it seems recent. Any human Shazams out there who can help me source this one? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-what-are-you-waiting-for-songs-can-anyone-help/760921/2 "2016-07-26T08:20:23Z")

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And of course right after I post this my Google-Fu becomes strong again and I find it:

George Ezra - Blame it on Me

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/H4ifSrE8iSg/maxresdefault.jpg "George Ezra - Blame It on Me (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4ifSrE8iSg)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-what-are-you-waiting-for-songs-can-anyone-help/760921/3 "2016-07-28T14:35:10Z")

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Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

The Kinks - Tired of Waiting

Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You

Tom Petty - The Waiting

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