| Don't Want to Wait Anymore | |
| Cover: | Don't_Want_to_Wait_Anymore_-_The_Tubes.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Tubes |
| Album: | The Completion Backward Principle |
| B-Side: | Think About Me |
| Released: | June 1981 (U.S.) |
| Recorded: | August 1980 |
| Length: | 3:50 (single version) 4:18 (album version) |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | David Foster |
| Prev Title: | Prime Time |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Talk to Ya Later |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" is a song recorded by the Tubes in 1980. It was the lead single from their fourth studio LP, The Completion Backward Principle. Unlike most of their songs which typically feature Fee Waybill, lead vocals are provided by Bill Spooner, the lead guitar player.
"Don't Want to Wait Anymore" reached the Top 40 in the United States and Australia in the summer of 1981.[1] It was also a minor hit in the United Kingdom.
| scope=col | Chart (1981) | scope=col | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 36 | |
| scope=row | US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 35 | |
| scope=row | US Billboard Mainstream Rock | 22 | |
| scope=row | US Cash Box Top 100[4] | 35 |
. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W . 1993. 0-646-11917-6.