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“I've Been Waiting” by Matthew Sweet

From the album Girlfriend (1991)

“I've Been Waiting” by Matthew Sweet appears on 23 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1992 and 2023. It was first released in 1991 on the album Girlfriend. Its best result is #49 on the WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #165 alternative song of 1992 and #889 alternative song of all time.

23countdowns
6stations
#49best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1992–2023years charted

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Matthew Sweet wrote "I've Been Waiting" on his own, words and music, and it's part of Girlfriend, his third album, which Zoo Entertainment put out on October 22, 1991. Sweet made that record in 1990, in the wake of his divorce, with guitar help on the album from Robert Quine and from Richard Lloyd, formerly of Television.

Girlfriend was the one that finally broke Sweet with critics and record buyers alike, and it went on to earn a gold certification from the RIAA. Its title track went out ahead of it and climbed into the top five on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1992 49 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1992 100
1993 79 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1994 291 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 330 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 391 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 344 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 878 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 929 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 888 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 888 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 884 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 884 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 884 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 566 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 586 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 596 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 617 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 636 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 661 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 693 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2019 645 WYEP WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 1017
2019 645 WYEP WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 1099
2023 588 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893

Charting alongside it in 1992

Best songs of 1992 →
  1. 1Friday I'm in LoveThe Cure
  2. 2Under the BridgeRed Hot Chili Peppers
  3. 3DriveR.E.M.
  4. 4OneU2
  5. 5JeremyPearl Jam
  6. 6TomorrowMorrissey

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