Waiting for a Girl Like You and Work It hold the record for the longest-running U.S. number two that did not reach number one .
The song is tied with Foreigner 's 1981 hit `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' as the longest-running U.S. number-two single that did not reach number one ( like this song , `` Waiting for a Girl Like You '' spent ten weeks at # 2 ) .
Work It -LRB-Missy Elliott song-RRB-