What Are You Waiting For? (Nickelback song)

"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]

"What Are You Waiting For?"
Single by Nickelback
from the album No Fixed Address
Released	September 5, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	Alternative rock[1] pop rock[2]
Length	3:40
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Jacob Kasher, Gordon "Gordini" Sran
Producer(s)	Nickelback, Chris Baseford
Nickelback singles chronology
"Edge of a Revolution" (2014) "What Are You Waiting For?" (2014) "Million Miles an Hour" (2014)

Music video

Nickelback announced that they were shooting the music video for the track, along with "Edge of a Revolution", on August 12, 2014 through their social media accounts.^[7] Though in an interview with Chad Kroeger on Hard Drive Radio, Chad announced that the music video was being delayed due to the band not agreeing on the storyline for the song. He also stated that the storyline has been reshot numerous times.^[8] To hold fans over, Nickelback released the audio video on September 11, 2014^[9] and the lyric video for the song through their YouTube Vevo account on September 26, 2014.^[10]

Track listing

1. "What Are You Waiting For?"
2. "Edge of a Revolution"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014–16)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[11]	40
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[12]	6
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[13]	6
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[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

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	75

Certifications

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

Release history

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