What Are You Waiting For? (Nickelback song)

"What Are You Waiting For?"
"What Are You Waiting For?"
Single by Nickelback
from the album No Fixed Address
Released	September 5, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Alternative rock; pop rock;
Length	3:40
Label	Republic
Songwriters	Chad Kroeger; Ryan Peake; Jacob Kasher; Gordon "Gordini" Sran;
Producers	Nickelback; Chris Baseford;
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ReleasedSeptember 5, 2014

Recorded2014

Genre

Length3:40

"What Are You Waiting For?" is a song by the Canadian rock band Nickelback from their eighth studio album, No Fixed Address, and released as the second overall single and lead pop single off the album. The song was released on September 5, 2014 to Australia and other various countries, before being shipped worldwide on September 9, 2014.^[3]^[4] The song impacted US Hot AC radio on September 22, 2014 and US CHR radio on October 21, 2014.^[5]^[6]

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Chart (2014–2016)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[11]	40
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[12]	6
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[13]	6
Canada Hot 100 (Billboard)^[14]	29
Canada AC (Billboard)^[15]	9
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)^[16]	16
Denmark (Tracklisten)^[17]	38
Germany (GfK)^[18]	11
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)^[19]	3
Slovenia (SloTop50)^[20]	20
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[21]	7
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[22]	26
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)^[23]	2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[24]	11

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)^[26]	Gold	200,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Country	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Australia	September 5, 2014	Digital download	Nickelback II Productions, Inc. (via Republic Records)	^[3]
Worldwide	September 9, 2014	Digital download	Nickelback II Productions, Inc. (via Republic Records)	^[4]^[27]
United States	September 22, 2014	Hot adult contemporary	Republic Records	^[5]
United States	October 21, 2014	Contemporary hit radio	Republic Records	^[6]

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Chad Kroeger Ryan Peake Mike Kroeger Daniel Adair
Studio albums	Curb (1996) The State (1998) Silver Side Up (2001) The Long Road (2003) All the Right Reasons (2005) Dark Horse (2008) Here and Now (2011) No Fixed Address (2014) Feed the Machine (2017) Get Rollin' (2022)
Live albums	Live from Nashville (2024)
Compilations	The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 (2013)
Extended plays	Hesher (1996) Three #1's + The First One Live (2002)
Singles	"Leader of Men" "Breathe" "Worthy to Say" "How You Remind Me" "Too Bad" "Never Again" "Someday" "Figured You Out" "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" "Because of You" "Photograph" "Animals" "Far Away" "Savin' Me" "Rockstar" "If Everyone Cared" "Side of a Bullet" "Gotta Be Somebody" "Something in Your Mouth" "If Today Was Your Last Day" "I'd Come for You" "Burn It to the Ground" "Never Gonna Be Alone" "Shakin' Hands" "This Afternoon" "When We Stand Together" "Bottoms Up" "This Means War" "Lullaby" "Trying Not to Love You" "Edge of a Revolution" "What Are You Waiting For?" "Million Miles an Hour" "She Keeps Me Up" "Satellite" "Get 'Em Up" "Dirty Laundry" "Feed the Machine" "Song on Fire" "Must Be Nice" "After the Rain" "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" "San Quentin" "Those Days"
Video albums	Live at Home (2002) Live at Sturgis 2006 (2008)
Concert tours	Dark Horse Tour No Fixed Address Tour Summer of '99 and Beyond Festival
Related articles	Awards and nominations Discography Songs Hate to Love: Nickelback

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