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Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? by The Waitresses
Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? is an album by The Waitresses, released in 1982. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 34 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Know What Boys Like”, on 31 lists with a best position of #27.
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?, the Waitresses' debut album, came out in 1982 on Polydor, licensed from ZE Records. The band hailed from Akron, Ohio, and it was Chris Butler's show on paper: he played guitar and wrote the songs. But the voice you remember is Patty Donahue's, cool and droll and utterly unimpressed.
The record rounds up the earlier single "I Know What Boys Like", a bratty new wave jab, and surrounds it with more of the same wry, jittery stuff, "Quit" among it. Butler's songs are wisecracks set to a nervy, skittering beat, and Donahue delivers them like she's rolling her eyes at the whole business. It climbed to No. 41 on the Billboard 200, and the EP I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts came next.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wasn’t Tomorrow Wonderful? on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Know What Boys Like | 31 | #27 | – | 1981–2024 | |
| 2 | Quit | 3 | #61 | – | 1982–1995 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.