Song · Kings of Leon
“California Waiting” by Kings of Leon
From the EP Holy Roller Novocaine (2003)
“California Waiting” by Kings of Leon appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2003 and 2018. It was first released in 2003 on the EP Holy Roller Novocaine. Its best result is #80 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #375 alternative song of 2003.
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"California Waiting" first surfaced on Holy Roller Novocaine, the 2003 EP that introduced Kings of Leon, and it was cut in a hurry to get that record finished. Ethan Johns and Angelo Petraglia produced and arranged it, with Johns also engineering and mixing, and Petraglia wrote it with Caleb and Nathan Followill.
The band weren't happy with how it came out, so they recorded it again for their debut album, Youth & Young Manhood, where it became the third single. Caleb Followill later changed his tune. Introducing it on VH1 Storytellers, he admitted they had wrecked it on the album by trying to play it as punk rock, and said the EP take was the better one: rough edges, rushed session and all.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 80 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2003 | 196 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 397 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2018 | 408 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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