Tired of Waiting for You - wikipedia Tired of Waiting for You `` Tired of Waiting for You '' Single by The Kinks from the album Kinda Kinks B - side `` Come on Now '' Released 15 January 1965 ( 1965 - 01 - 15 ) Format 7 '' vinyl Recorded August and December 1964, at Pye and IBC Studios, London Genre Rock Length 2 : 31 Label Pye 7N 15759 ( UK ) Reprise 0347 ( USA ) Songwriter ( s ) Ray Davies Producer ( s ) Shel Talmy The Kinks singles chronology `` All Day and All of the Night '' ( 1964 ) `` Tired of Waiting for You '' ( 1965 ) `` Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy '' ( 1965 ) `` All Day and All of the Night '' ( 1964 ) `` Tired of Waiting for You '' ( 1965 ) `` Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy '' ( 1965 ) `` Tired of Waiting for You '' was a hit 1965 rock song by the English band The Kinks. The song was released as a single on 15 January 1965 in the UK and on 17 February 1965 in the USA. It then appeared on their second studio album Kinda Kinks. Contents 1 Background 2 Release 3 Chart performance 4 In popular culture 5 Cover Version 6 References 7 External links Background According to Ray Davies, the music for `` Tired of Waiting for You '' was written on the train to the recording studio and the words were written at a coffee shop during a break in the session. During the recording sessions for the song, the band felt that the guitar sound evident on their previous two singles ( `` You Really Got Me '' and `` All Day and All of the Night '' ) was missing. Although the band was concerned that the guitar would ruin the reflective track, the band felt that the guitar added more to the song. Dave Davies said : The recording went well but there was something missing and it was my raunchy guitar sound. Ray and I were worried that putting that heavy - sounding guitar on top of a ponderous song might ruin it. Luckily it enhanced the recording, giving it a more cutting, emotional edge. In my opinion ' Tired Of Waiting ' was the perfect Pop record. Davies also said of the song, `` It was a change of style for us, we got a bit posher ! Our material started to get a bit more melodic after that. '' The song was recorded late August 1964 at Pye Studios ( No. 2 ), London, with additional guitar overdub at IBC Studios, London on 29 December 1964. `` Come On Now '' was recorded 22 or 23 December 1964 at Pye Studios ( No. 2 ). Release `` Tired of Waiting for You '' was written before `` All Day and All of the Night, '' but `` All Day and All of the Night '' was released first due to its similarities to the band 's first UK hit, `` You Really Got Me. '' It reached No. 1 on both the UK Singles Chart and Melody Maker, becoming the band 's second UK chart - topper since `` You Really Got Me. '' The single also reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100, the highest charting Kinks single in the US until the band 's 1983 hit `` Come Dancing '' tied it. According to Ray Davies, the band received a telegram from London in New York telling them of the success on Melody Maker, but while the rest of the band went partying, the elder Davies brother ordered a bottle of champagne and enjoyed his success. Chart performance Chart ( 1965 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart Canadian RPM Top Singles Dutch Top 40 18 German Singles Chart 13 Irish Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 6 In popular culture The song was played in the background at a roller skating rink during episode five of the first season of True Detective. Cover version `` Tired of Waiting for You '' was covered by The Flock on their 1969 release `` The Flock ''. `` Tired of Waiting for You '' was also covered by Green Day as a B - Side to the single `` Basket Case '', and would later have an official release on their 2002 album Shenanigans. Five years earlier, in 1997, the song appeared on the soundtrack to the Howard Stern biographical film Private Parts. Tired Of Waiting For You was covered by Dwight Yoakam 's Under The Covers album ( 1997 ) References ^ Jump up to : Rice, Jo ( 1982 ). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed. ). Enfield, Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 87 -- 9. ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7. ^ Jump up to : `` Tired of Waiting for You ''. Songfacts. Jump up ^ `` Dave Davies talks about landmarks in Kinks history... '' NME. February 1971. Jump up ^ Hickey, Andrew. `` Preservation : The Kinks ' Music 1964 - 1974 ''. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ^ Jump up to : `` Chart Stats - The Kinks - Tired Of Waiting For You ''. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ Hinman, Doug. The Kinks : All Day and All of the Night. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 - week 11, 1965 '' ( in Dutch ). Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ https://www.offiziellecharts.de. GfK Entertainment https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche. Retrieved 1 January 2018. Missing or empty title = ( help ) ; External link in website = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` irishcharts.ie search results ''. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Jump up ^ `` HBO : True Detective : S 1 EP 05 : Music ''. HBO. Retrieved 2015 - 11 - 03. External links The Official Ray Davies Web Site Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' by The Righteous Brothers UK number - one single 18 February 1965 ( 1 week ) Succeeded by `` I 'll Never Find Another You '' by The Seekers The Kinks Ray Davies Dave Davies Mick Avory Pete Quaife John Dalton Gordon Edwards Ian Gibbons John Gosling Mark Haley Bob Henrit Andy Pyle Jim Rodford Studio albums Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur ( Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire ) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody 's in Show - Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia Live albums Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live : The Road To the Bone EPs Kinksize Session Kwyet Kinks Compilations Kinks - Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits ! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found ( 1986 -- 1989 ) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book Unreleased projects Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of ( Dave Davies ) Related articles Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Percy Do It Again Give the People What We Want : Songs of The Kinks Sunny Afternoon ( musical ) Book Portal The Kinks singles discography 1960s singles ( UK & US ) 1964 `` Long Tall Sally '' `` You Still Want Me '' `` You Really Got Me '' `` All Day and All of the Night '' 1965 `` Tired of Waiting for You '' `` Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy '' `` Set Me Free '' `` See My Friends '' `` Who 'll Be the Next in Line '' `` A Well Respected Man '' `` Till the End of the Day '' 1966 `` Dedicated Follower of Fashion '' `` Sunny Afternoon '' `` Dead End Street '' 1967 `` Mister Pleasant '' `` Waterloo Sunset '' `` Death of a Clown '' ( Dave Davies solo ) `` Autumn Almanac '' `` Susannah 's Still Alive '' ( Dave Davies solo ) 1968 `` Wonderboy '' `` Days '' `` Lincoln County '' ( Dave Davies solo ) 1969 `` Starstruck '' `` Hold My Hand '' ( Dave Davies solo ) `` Plastic Man '' `` Drivin ' '' `` The Village Green Preservation Society '' `` Shangri - La '' `` Victoria '' 1970 `` Lola '' `` Apeman '' 1970s singles ( UK & US ) 1971 `` God 's Children '' `` 20th Century Man '' 1972 `` Supersonic Rocket Ship '' `` Celluloid Heroes '' 1973 `` One of the Survivors '' `` Sitting in the Midday Sun '' `` Sweet Lady Genevieve '' `` Where Have All the Good Times Gone '' `` Money Talks '' `` Mirror of Love '' `` Mirror of Love '' ( band version ) `` Holiday Romance '' `` Preservation '' `` Everybody 's a Star ( Starmaker ) '' `` Ducks on the Wall '' `` You Ca n't Stop the Music '' 1976 `` I 'm in Disgrace '' `` No More Looking Back '' 1977 `` Sleepwalker '' `` Juke Box Music '' `` Father Christmas '' 1978 `` A Rock ' n ' Roll Fantasy '' `` Live Life '' `` Black Messiah '' 1979 `` ( Wish I Could Fly Like ) Superman '' `` A Gallon of Gas '' `` Catch Me Now I 'm Falling '' `` Moving Pictures '' `` Pressure '' 1980s singles ( UK & US ) 1980 `` Lola '' ( live ) `` You Really Got Me '' ( live ) 1981 `` Better Things '' `` Destroyer '' `` Predictable '' 1982 `` Come Dancing '' `` Do n't Forget to Dance '' 1984 `` Good Day '' `` Do It Again '' 1985 `` Living on a Thin Line '' ( radio promo only ) `` Summer 's Gone '' 1986 `` Rock ' n ' Roll Cities '' `` How Are You '' `` Lost and Found '' `` The Road '' `` Down All the Days ( Till 1992 ) '' `` How Do I Get Close '' 1990s singles ( UK & US ) `` Only a Dream '' `` Scattered '' Other singles ( non-UK / US ) 1966 `` Dandy '' ( Europe ) 1969 `` Picture Book '' ( Australia ) `` Australia '' ( Australia ) `` State of Confusion '' ( Germany ) 1991 `` Did Ya '' ( Europe ) Other songs `` Bald Headed Woman '' `` Stop Your Sobbing '' `` I Need You '' `` I Go to Sleep '' `` I 'm Not Like Everybody Else '' `` Big Black Smoke '' `` Party Line '' `` Rosy Wo n't You Please Come Home '' `` Love Me Till the Sun Shines '' `` David Watts '' `` Two Sisters '' `` Polly '' `` She 's Got Everything '' `` Do You Remember Walter ? 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Question: who sang so tired of waiting for you
Answer: English band The Kinks