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John Charles Waite (born 4 July 1952) is an English rock singer and musician. As a solo artist, he has released ten studio albums and is best known for the 1984 hit single "Missing You", which reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top ten on the UK singles chart. He was also the lead vocalist for the rock bands the Babys and Bad English.
In 1984, Waite guest-starred on three episodes of the TV series Paper Dolls. The shows featured his songs "Missing You" and "Tears".
Waite's next album, No Brakes, resulted in international success. It was a Top 10 Billboard album in the US due to the smash hit "Missing You" which went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It knocked Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It?" out of No. 1. For that very reason, Turner later recorded and released Waite's smash song herself. (Turner's single peaked at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1996). "Missing You" also hit No. 1 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks as well as the Top 10 of Billboards Adult Contemporary chart. No Brakes sold over a million and a half US copies, yet has never been certified above the RIAA Gold standard (a record company must apply to the RIAA for such certification). Two more singles from No Brakes followed, including "Tears" which was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
The next album Mask of Smiles followed in 1985, featuring the hit single "Every Step of the Way". Another single, "If Anybody Had a Heart", was released from the soundtrack of the 1986 film About Last Night.... In 1987, Rover's Return was released with the single "These Times Are Hard for Lovers". Waite would have another soundtrack appearance in 1990 from Days of Thunder with "Deal for Life".
In 2006, "Missing You" was released as a duet with Alison Krauss and reached the Top 40 on the Country Charts in the United States. Waite appeared with Krauss on The Tonight Show on 5 February 2007 to perform the song. Waite's songs have reappeared in other media as well: 2013 saw "Missing You" featured heavily in the movie Warm Bodies, and "Change" is on the soundtrack of the US movie .
| 1982 | Ignition | — | — | — | 68 | ||||
| 1984 | No Brakes | 64 | 27 | — | 10 | ||||
| 1985 | Mask of Smiles | — | — | — | 36 | ||||
| 1987 | Rover's Return | — | 99 | 30 | 77 | ||||
| 1995 | Temple Bar | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1997 | When You Were Mine | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | Figure in a Landscape | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2004 | The Hard Way | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2007 | Downtown: Journey of a Heart | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2011 | Rough & Tumble | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| 2001 | Live & Rare Tracks | One Way |
| 2010 | In Real Time | Frontiers Records |
| 2013 | Live – All Access | No Brakes Records |
| 1992 | The Essential John Waite | Chrysalis |
| 1996 | Complete | Capitol |
| 2014 | Best | No Brakes Records |
| 2017 | Wooden Heart – Acoustic Anthology, Volume 2 | No Brakes Records |
| 2014 | Wooden Heart – Acoustic, Volume 1 – EP | No Brakes Records |
| 2022 | Anything - EP | No Breaks Records |
| 1982 | "Change" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | Ignition | |||||||
| "Going to the Top" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1984 | "Missing You" | 9 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 27 | — | | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4" No Brakes | |||||||
| "Tears" | — | — | 45 | — | — | 37 | 8 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Dark Side of the Sun" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1985 | "Restless Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 28 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Change" (re-release) | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | Vision Quest (soundtrack) | ||||||||
| "Every Step of the Way" | 160 | — | 39 | — | — | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | Mask of Smiles | ||||||||
| "Welcome to Paradise" | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1986 | "If Anybody Had a Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | 24 | — | — | — | About Last Night... (soundtrack) | |||||||
| 1987 | "These Times Are Hard for Lovers" | 77 | 59 | — | — | — | 53 | 6 | — | — | — | Rover's Return | |||||||
| "Don't Lose Any Sleep" | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1990 | "Deal for Life" | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Days of Thunder | |||||||
| 1993 | "In Dreams" | — | — | — | — | — | 103 | — | — | — | — | True Romance (soundtrack) | |||||||
| "Missing You" (re-entry) | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Essential John Waite | ||||||||
| 1995 | "How Did I Get By Without You?" | — | — | — | — | — | 89 | — | 20 | — | — | Temple Bar | |||||||
| 2001 | "Fly" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | Figure in a Landscape | |||||||
| 2005 | "New York City Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | The Hard Way | |||||||
| 2006 | "Missing You" (with Alison Krauss) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | Downtown: Journey of a Heart | |||||||
| 2011 | "Shadows of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rough & Tumble | |||||||
| "If You Ever Get Lonely" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
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