Waiting on a Friend

E285735
single song

"Waiting on a Friend" is a mellow, reggae-tinged rock ballad by The Rolling Stones, known for its reflective lyrics on friendship and its memorable saxophone solo by Sonny Rollins.

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Label Occurrences
Waiting on a Friend canonical 4
Waiting on a Friend (live) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Rolling Stones ⓘ
bassist Bill Wyman ⓘ
chartPerformance reached top 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
composer Keith Richards ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
drummer Charlie Watts ⓘ
featuresMusician Nicky Hopkins ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
reggae rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
guitarist Keith Richards ⓘ
Ronnie Wood ⓘ
hasBPM approximately 110 ⓘ
hasKey C major ⓘ
hasLiveVersion Waiting on a Friend self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Waiting on a Friend (live)
hasMusicalFeature saxophone solo ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Waiting on a Friend music video ⓘ
hasNotableInstrument tenor saxophone ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic mellow ⓘ
reflective lyrics ⓘ
reggae-tinged ⓘ
includedInTourSetlist Tattoo You Tour ⓘ
label Rolling Stones Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Mick Jagger ⓘ
length approximately 4 minutes 35 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Keith Richards ⓘ
Mick Jagger ⓘ
lyricTheme friendship ⓘ
maturity ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Michael Lindsay-Hogg ⓘ
partOfAlbum Tattoo You ⓘ
performer The Rolling Stones ⓘ
producer Chris Kimsey ⓘ
The Glimmer Twins ⓘ
recordedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
recordingArtist The Rolling Stones ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
saxophoneSoloBy Sonny Rollins ⓘ
side A-side single ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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The Rolling Stones → notableWork → Waiting on a Friend ⓘ
Start Me Up → followedBySingle → Waiting on a Friend ⓘ
Waiting on a Friend → hasLiveVersion → Waiting on a Friend self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waiting on a Friend (live)
Tattoo You → hasPart → Waiting on a Friend ⓘ
Tattoo You → notableSingle → Waiting on a Friend ⓘ