Song · Pere Ubu
“Waiting For Mary” by Pere Ubu
From the album Cloudland (1989)
“Waiting For Mary” by Pere Ubu appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1989. It was first released in 1989 on the album Cloudland. Its best result is #73 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #166 alternative song of 1989.
"Waiting for Mary" was the single from Cloudland, Pere Ubu's seventh studio album, released in May 1989, and it pulled off something nothing else of theirs has: it put the band on a Billboard chart, reaching number 6 on Modern Rock Tracks. The video picked up some MTV play too.
Stephen Hague produced it, with Dave Meegan engineering. The album takes its name from a village in north-western Georgia, perched on a spur of Lookout Mountain between Summerville and Chattanooga, that served early in the 20th century as a summer getaway for Floridians.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 73 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
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