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“Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” by Jack Johnson

From the album In Between Dreams (2005)

“Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” by Jack Johnson appears on 28 radio countdowns from 19 stations between 2004 and 2025. It was first released in 2005 on the album In Between Dreams. Its best result is #7 on the CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #29 alternative song of 2005, #3,160 alternative song of all time and #256 of the '00s.

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Jack Johnson built "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" out of a friend's pursuit of a woman, and slotted it sixth on In Between Dreams, his third album, released on Brushfire in 2005. Mario Caldato Jr. produced it, and the band keeps things loose and sunny: Johnson's strummed guitar up front, Zach Gill's piano bouncing around the corners, Merlo Podlewski on bass and Adam Topol on drums and percussion, all of it sounding like it was tracked with the doors open to the beach. Johnson sings in that easy, unhurried murmur, and the heartache never weighs more than a shrug.

It went to the top of the Triple A chart and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, and its video, which tells its story backward, took a page from Coldplay's "The Scientist".

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2004 34 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2004 91
2005 46 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 107
2005 14 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 91
2005 21 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 38 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2005 89
2005 27 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101
2005 120 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 150
2005 38 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 102
2005 9 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2005 99
2005 40 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 105
2005 63 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2005 230
2005 30 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 40 Songs of 2005 40
2005 24 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2005 103
2005 64 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 100
2005 63 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2005 100
2005 7 CRNC 90.1 Niagara / Toronto, ON CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 91
2005 73 ModernRock.com Online ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 400

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1145 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1388 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 562 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 1418 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1445 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1510 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1571 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1630 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 429 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2024 421 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 841 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909

Also listed as: Sitting, Waiting Wishing; Sitting Waiting Wishing.

Charting alongside it in 2005

Best songs of 2005 →
  1. 1Best of YouFoo Fighters
  2. 2Feel Good Inc.Gorillaz
  3. 3Beverly HillsWeezer
  4. 4The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails
  5. 5HolidayGreen Day
  6. 6Speed of SoundColdplay

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