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“Waiting In Vain” by Bob Marley

“Waiting In Vain” by Bob Marley appears on 19 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1977 and 2020. Its best result is #32 on the John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #32 alternative song of 1977, #1,107 alternative song of all time and #32 of the '70s.

19countdowns
4stations
#32best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1977–2020years charted

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1977 32 John Peel (BBC Radio 1) John Peel's Forgotten Fifty of 1977 61

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2000 714 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 715 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 529 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) 885
2005 720 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 883 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 829 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 846 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2009 74 WXPN WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) 885
2010 872 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 902 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 945 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 999 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 397 WXPN WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2014) 885
2018 389 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs 892
2020 675 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020

Also listed as: Waiting in Vain.

Charting alongside it in 1977

Best songs of 1977 →
  1. 1Dancing the Night AwayMotors
  2. 2Uptown Top RankingAlthea & Donna
  3. 3You Beat The Hell Out of MeMotors
  4. 4I Can't Stand My BabyRezillos
  5. 5Suspended SentenceJohn Cooper Clarke
  6. 6SmokescreenDesperate Bicycles