Waiting for My Rocket to Come

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Professional ratings

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Allmusic
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone

Waiting for My Rocket to Come is the major-label debut album by American singer/songwriter Jason Mraz, released in 2002 by Elektra Records.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Mraz, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You and I Both"	3:39
2.	"I'll Do Anything" (Mraz, Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood)	3:11
3.	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" (Mraz, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock)	4:16
4.	"Who Needs Shelter" (Mraz, Chris Keup, Eric Schermerhorn)	3:12
5.	"Curbside Prophet" (Mraz, Galewood, Christina Ruffalo)	3:34
6.	"Sleep All Day"	4:56
7.	"Too Much Food"	3:41
8.	"Absolutely Zero"	5:39
9.	"On Love, In Sadness" (Mraz, Jenny Keene)	3:28
10.	"No Stopping Us"	3:18
11.	"The Boy's Gone"	4:15
12.	"Tonight, Not Again" (Mraz, Keene)	4:49

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Tonight, Not Again" (Live version)	Mraz, Keene

Personnel

• Jason Mraz – vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6

Additional personnel

• John Alagía – Hammond organ on tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 and 12, electric guitar on track 3, tambourine on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 and 12, shaker on tracks 1, 3 and 6, Wurlitzer on tracks 3 and 6, production on all tracks, mixing on all tracks
• Brian Jones – drums on all tracks
• Stewart Myers – bass on all tracks
• Michael Andrews – electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12, acoustic guitar on track 3, slide guitar on tracks 1 and 5, lap steel guitar on tracks 6, 7, 8 and 9, banjo on track 5, celesta on track 4, ukulele on tracks 4, 6 and 9, mellotron on track 4, horn arrangement on track 10
• Greg Kurstin – organ on tracks 2, 3, 7, 9 and 11, clavinet on tracks 2, 7 and 10, synthesizer on tracks 3 and 12, electric piano on tracks 3 and 6, Rhodes piano on track 10
• Alex McCallum – electric guitar on tracks 2, 9, 10 and 11, acoustic guitar on track 4, ebo on tracks 4, 8 and 12, synthesizer on tracks 8 and 10, Wurlitzer on track 10
• Noel "Toca" Rivera – backing vocals on track 3, tambourine on track 9, djembe on track 12
• Julie "Hesta Prynn" Potash – backing vocals on track 5
• Carla Dekker – backing vocals on track 5
• Geannie Meisenholder – backing vocals on track 5
• Nicki Bateson – backing vocals on track 5
• Shane Endsley – trumpet on track 10
• Scot Ray – trombone on track 10
• Ben Wendel – saxophone on track 10
• Jeff Juliano – mixing on all tracks, engineering on all tracks
• Peter Harding – engineering assistance
• Chris Keup – pre-production, arrangement assistance on all tracks
• Ted Jensen – mastering on all tracks

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	Heatseekers	2
2004	The Billboard 200	55

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2003	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	Adult Top 40	4
2003	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	The Billboard Hot 100	15
2003	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	Top 40 Mainstream	7
2003	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	Top 40 Tracks	7
2004	"Curbside Prophet"	Adult Top 40	23
2004	"You and I Both"	Adult Top 40	15
2004	"You and I Both"	Top 40 Mainstream	37
2004	"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	1

External links

• Official Jason Mraz Website