| Waiting by the Hotline | |
| Cover: | Deniece Williams Waiting by the Hotline.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Deniece Williams |
| Album: | Niecy |
| Released: | 1982 |
| B-Side: | Love Notes |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Length: | 3:39 |
| Label: | ARC/Columbia |
| Producer: | Thom Bell |
| Prev Title: | It's Gonna Take a Miracle |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Waiting |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"Waiting by the Hotline" is a song written by Thom Bell and Deniece Williams and recorded by Williams for her 1982 album Niecy. Produced by Bell, it was released as a single in 1982 by ARC/Columbia Records, reaching number 29 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[2]
Crispin Cioe of High Fidelity noted how Williams' strong, high soprano can handle Bell's more muscular arrangements with flair".[3]