John Waite

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John Waite is a British singer-songwriter whose unmistakable voice and timeless hits have left an enduring mark on rock and pop music. Born in Lancaster, England, Waite first gained recognition as the frontman of The Babys, a late-'70s rock band known for hits like "Isn't It Time" and "Every Time I Think of You." After the group disbanded, Waite embarked on a solo career that catapulted him to international stardom.

In 1984, Waite released his career-defining single "Missing You," a heartfelt ballad that topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became an enduring anthem of longing and loss. His solo albums, including Ignition and No Brakes, showcased his ability to blend rock, pop, and new wave influences with emotional depth and powerful vocals.

Waite later joined supergroup Bad English in the late '80s, achieving success with hits like "When I See You Smile." Over the years, his solo work continued to evolve, reflecting his introspective songwriting and refined artistry. With a career spanning decades, John Waite remains a celebrated figure, known for his passionate performances and music that resonates across generations.

Genres

: arena rock

Total plays

346.8 million

Updated on 2025-08-11

Date	Total plays
2025-08-11	346,791,887
2025-08-03	345,490,276
2025-07-26	343,926,935
2025-07-18	342,600,955
2025-07-10	341,293,780
2025-07-02	340,912,414
2025-06-24	338,741,586
2025-06-16	337,420,822
2025-06-09	336,286,337
2025-05-31	334,832,976
2025-05-23	333,517,181
2025-05-15	332,177,399
2025-04-29	329,578,458
2025-04-19	328,018,836
2025-04-11	327,235,888
2025-04-03	325,098,725
2025-03-25	323,749,357
2025-03-17	322,271,420
2025-03-07	329,017,590
2025-02-27	319,001,317
2025-02-17	317,244,616
2025-02-09	315,790,043
2025-01-29	313,814,492
2025-01-21	312,412,063
2025-01-12	310,813,710
2025-01-04	309,275,850
2024-12-26	308,043,832
2024-12-18	306,971,296
2024-12-09	305,716,688
2024-07-29	287,437,729
2024-06-06	281,353,279
2024-05-23	279,716,361
2024-05-06	277,615,981
2024-04-20	275,581,454
2024-04-06	273,432,872
2024-03-22	271,116,775
2024-03-07	268,728,521
2024-02-21	266,300,241
2023-12-10	255,930,073
2023-10-29	250,671,902
2023-10-10	247,865,730
2023-09-25	252,476,660
2023-09-07	252,047,807
2023-08-29	256,231,561
2023-08-25	232,662,739
2023-08-20	241,207,882

Country

United Kingdom

Monthly listeners

2,316,741

Followers

302,125

Top Cities

Santiago

47,212 listeners
Sydney

33,317 listeners
Melbourne

27,317 listeners
Quezon City

34,571 listeners
Brisbane

27,619 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Missing You	294,464,205	4:30	1984-01-01
Missing You - Single Version	10,359,192	3:30	2007-12-03
Change	9,899,678	3:17	1982-01-01
Missing You	8,079,659	4:41	2007-01-01
Lay Down Beside Me	5,055,214	4:59	2007-01-01
Missing You	1,862,933	3:55	2015-06-16
Missing You	927,901	3:51	2012-08-27
In Dreams	875,105	3:43	2009-03-31
Missing You (Re-Recorded / Remastered)	751,429	3:43	2009-01-01
Missing You (Re-Recorded) [Remastered]	751,429	3:48	2012-01-17
Missing You (Re-Recorded) [Re-Remastered]	751,429	3:43	2012-12-14
Every Step Of The Way	726,426	4:12	1985-01-01
How Did I Get By Without You?	632,531	4:05	2009-03-31
Act Of Love	615,092	4:29	1987-01-01
In Dreams	508,097	3:45	1993-01-01
Mr. Wonderful	465,058	4:14	1982-01-01
Tears	433,695	3:59	1984-01-01
These Times Are Hard For Lovers	380,983	4:16	1987-01-01
Missing You - Rerecorded	379,417	3:32	2010-01-01
If You Ever Get Lonely Remastered	319,611	3:54	2013-07-24
If You Ever Get Lonely	319,611	3:56	2012-08-23
I'm Still In Love	301,266	3:44	1982-01-01
Missing You	296,540	4:18	2014-03-12
Missing You	288,912	4:03	2021-03-08
Isn't It Time	287,103	4:03	2012-08-23
Restless Heart	274,780	4:31	1984-01-01
Dark Side Of The Sun	223,844	3:60	1984-01-01
Back on My Feet Again	219,431	3:30	2025-01-06
When I See You Smile - Rerecorded	165,150	5:07	2010-01-01
Bluebird Cafe	151,453	3:58	2009-03-31
Downtown	149,650	5:09	2009-03-31
Catch the Wind	148,228	3:22	2021-03-08
When I See You Smile	140,948	5:13	2012-08-23
Deal For Life	137,679	4:35	1990-01-01
Space Oddity	134,852	4:54	2007-09-18
Change	134,292	3:15	2015-07-22
When I See You Smile	126,879	5:18	2014-04-03
Change	124,322	3:53	2013-06-11
Masterpiece of Loneliness	123,147	4:05	2021-03-08
Masterpieces of Loneliness	123,147	4:05	2012-08-27
Masterpiece of Lonliness	123,147	4:10	2009-03-31
The Hard Way	113,848	3:55	2012-08-23
Going To The Top	112,506	4:35	1982-01-01
New York City Girl	111,657	4:50	2012-08-23
NYC Girl	111,657	4:50	2009-03-31
Evil	107,771	4:03	2012-08-23
Saturday Night	100,925	2:48	1984-01-01
Euroshima	100,893	5:09	1984-01-01
Always Be Your Man	100,883	4:42	2009-03-31
More	99,144	4:12	2009-03-31
Ain't No Sunshine	93,264	3:40	2009-03-31
Don't Lose Any Sleep	91,087	3:48	1987-01-01
Woman's Touch	87,497	3:53	1987-01-01
Welcome To Paradise	85,837	3:59	1985-01-01
Isn’t It Time	85,716	3:48	2021-03-08
For Your Love	84,978	3:41	1984-01-01
Rough & Tumble	84,501	4:23	2012-08-23
The Choice	78,207	4:26	1985-01-01
Keys to Your Heart	75,002	3:49	2012-08-23
Girl from the North Country	74,576	3:32	2012-08-27
Someone Like You	71,715	4:53	2009-03-31
Sometimes	68,350	4:55	1987-01-01
Dreamtime/Shake It Up	68,020	5:11	1984-01-01
Downtown	61,902	4:44	2021-03-08
Price of My Tears	59,312	3:45	2009-03-31
Love Collision	59,308	3:54	1984-01-01
When You Were Mine	59,127	4:02	2009-03-31
No Brakes	56,504	3:16	1985-01-01
Anything	56,356	3:42	2022-05-01
Whenever You Come Around	56,134	4:03	2009-03-31
White Heat	52,912	3:23	1982-01-01
In God's Shadow	52,595	5:52	2009-03-31
Wild One	51,709	3:51	1987-01-01
Everytime I Think of You	50,306	3:52	2015-07-22
In God’s Shadow	49,447	5:05	2021-03-08
Head First	48,959	3:10	2021-03-08
Better Off Gone	48,472	3:52	2012-08-23
Head First	47,881	3:44	2013-06-11
Shadows of Love	45,839	4:03	2012-08-23
Valentine	45,827	3:45	2009-03-31
Make It Happen	44,888	3:20	1982-01-01
Encircled	44,510	4:26	1987-01-01
Not Dark Yet	41,630	5:48	2021-02-16
Missing You	39,702	3:37	2015-07-22
Just Like Lovers	36,979	4:30	1985-01-01
Temptation	36,945	3:00	1982-01-01
Every Time I Think Of You (Re-Recorded / Remastered)	36,922	3:51	2010-10-01
Desperate Love	35,864	3:58	1982-01-01
In Dreams	35,404	3:46	2012-08-23
Hanging Tree	34,432	3:21	2012-08-23
The One Who Got Away	32,917	3:50	2014-12-08
She's The One	31,809	5:51	1987-01-01
Wild Life	30,776	3:22	1982-01-01
Be My Baby Tonight	30,015	3:29	1982-01-01
Magic Camera	29,726	2:44	2014-12-08
Imaginary Girl	29,310	3:57	2009-03-31
The Glittering Prize	28,930	5:15	2009-03-31
Godhead	28,838	3:32	2012-08-27
Suicide Life	27,764	6:57	2009-03-31
Fly	27,410	4:19	2009-03-31
Keys To Your Heart	26,819	3:41	2009-03-31
Head First	26,430	3:36	2012-08-23
Laydown	26,417	3:34	1985-01-01
Withered and Died	26,141	3:03	2014-12-08
Lust For Life	25,199	3:05	1985-01-01
I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry	22,230	2:31	2021-03-08
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	22,230	2:35	2009-03-31
Skyward	21,831	4:09	2012-08-23
Downtown	21,660	5:45	2012-08-23
Mr. Wonderful	20,541	4:23	2012-08-23
Midnight Rendezvous	20,317	5:13	2015-07-22
Everytime I Think of You	20,166	3:52	2014-04-03
A Heart Needs a Home	20,055	3:43	2014-12-08
Back on My Feet Again	19,426	3:28	2015-07-22
St. Patrick's Day	19,414	6:02	2012-08-23
New York City Girl	18,789	5:50	2014-04-03
Son of Godhead (Slight Return)	18,328	2:10	2012-08-27
You're The One	18,024	3:19	1985-01-01
Something Better (Bonus Track)	17,032	4:01	2009-03-31
Big Time For Love	16,743	4:56	1987-01-01
Ain't That Peculiar	16,711	3:11	1985-01-01
Change	16,655	3:24	2014-04-03
I'm Ready (Bonus Track)	16,221	2:54	2009-03-31
Fail for Love (Remix)	15,766	2:53	2025-05-10
Thinking About You	15,304	4:22	2009-03-31
Grenadine	15,286	3:25	2022-05-01
Love's Goin' Out of Style	15,024	4:47	2012-08-23
All Along the Watchtower	14,237	3:42	2015-07-22
Sweet Rhode Island Red	13,432	3:49	2012-08-23
Best of What I Got	13,297	4:22	2015-07-22
Back on My Feet Again	13,173	3:27	2014-04-03
In Dreams	12,955	4:17	2014-04-03
Evil	12,234	4:13	2013-06-11
Just Like A Woman	12,129	5:38	2009-03-31
I've Been Wrong Before (Bonus Track)	11,775	3:18	2009-03-31
Lifeguard	11,581	4:44	2022-05-01
Further the Sky	11,091	4:48	2012-08-23
Special One	10,938	4:02	2009-03-31
I-95	10,701	3:34	2021-03-08
More	10,641	4:17	2021-03-08
New Thing (new Version)	10,428	4:41	2009-03-31
Darling	10,166	6:41	2022-05-01
In Dreams	10,018	4:13	2015-07-22
Missing You - Radio Single Remix	9,979	3:45	2021-05-07
Saturday Night	9,829	3:37	2013-06-11
Peace of Mind	9,589	4:37	2012-08-23
If You Ever Get Lonely	9,429	3:59	2013-06-11
Rock and Roll	9,116	3:52	2014-04-03
Best of What I Got	8,942	4:22	2014-04-03
Blue Venus	8,516	0:35	2012-08-23
Missing You - Remix	8,495	4:26	2021-05-07
New York City Girl	8,474	4:18	2021-03-08
When You Were Mine	8,427	3:41	2021-03-08
Band Intro	8,361	0:41	2014-04-03
Head First	8,316	4:09	2014-04-03
Touch	8,209	4:18	2009-03-31
Touch	8,158	4:10	2021-03-08
Prelude	7,719	1:11	2014-04-03
Highway 61 Revisited	7,614	5:18	2012-08-23
Mr. Wonderful	7,202	5:36	2013-06-11
Head First	6,901	4:09	2015-07-22
Rock and Roll	6,836	3:52	2015-07-22
Godhead	6,769	5:32	2009-03-31
All I Want For Christmas	6,552	3:50	2009-03-31
Better off Gone	6,522	3:56	2013-06-11
Have You Seen Her My Friend	6,480	5:14	2009-03-31
Masters of War	6,329	6:45	2022-03-25
In Dreams	6,223	4:25	2013-06-11
Let's Get Out Of Here	6,158	4:20	2009-03-31
Prelude	5,996	1:11	2015-07-22
Show Me How To Love You	5,755	4:55	2009-03-31
Missing You	5,136	4:39	2021-05-07
Keys To Your Heart (Alternative Version)- Bonus Track	4,659	4:27	2009-03-31
I-95	4,062	4:12	2009-03-31
Galaxy Groove	2,622	3:00	2025-01-22
I'm Ready (feat. John Waite)	2,097	4:09	2015-01-03