Waiting

In this song, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong builds up to a big moment he's been waiting for all his life. As the song progresses, that moment gets closer and the anticipation builds, but when it finally arrives, it seems a bit of a letdown: Color me stupid Good luck You're gonna need it Green Day had a very eventful '90s when they went from playing underground clubs to arenas after waiting just a few years. But life as superstars proved challenging, and in some ways they missed those days when they were the hungry go-getters with just a small but loyal following. Rock stardom was especially hard for Armstrong, who by the end of the decade was married with two kids.

"Waiting" was the third single from Green Day's sixth album, Warning. By this time, the band had fallen out of step with popular trends, and the song didn't crack the Hot 100. Their more refined sound earned them a far larger audience in 2004 when they released their next album, American Idiot.

Green Day made a music video for this song with Marc Webb, who also did the Evanescence video for "Call Me When You're Sober." The "Waiting" video shows the band performing in a house when a gaggle of young people storm the place and start a party. There's lot's of vivid slow motion and stills, reminiscent of Green Day's video for "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)." This was the first video Green Day made with Webb. They worked with him again on "21 Guns."