Song · Eric Clapton
“She's Waiting” by Eric Clapton
From the album Behind the Sun (1985)
“She's Waiting” by Eric Clapton appears on 11 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1996 and 2022. It was first released in 1985 on the album Behind the Sun. Its best result is #289 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,378 classic rock song of all time.
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Eric Clapton wrote "She's Waiting" with synth player J. Peter Robinson for Behind the Sun, his 1985 album and the first time he teamed up with Phil Collins, who produced this track. The album's sessions ran through March and April 1984 at AIR Studios on Montserrat, and the partnership is all over the credits: Collins plays electronic drums and snare alongside Jamie Oldaker's kit, Robinson and Chris Stainton bring synthesizers, with Stainton on Hammond organ too, Donald "Duck" Dunn of Booker T. & the MG's plays bass, and Ray Cooper adds percussion.
Clapton sings lead, with Marcy Levy and Shaun Murphy behind him, and plays guitar, on a record that marked him pulling his guitar back toward the front after close to a decade in which the singing and songwriting came first. Nick Launay engineered.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 289 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 1997 | 722 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2011 | 751 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 776 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 619 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 632 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 624 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2015 | 483 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) | 499 |
| 2016 | 983 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2020 | 738 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 811 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
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