The Waitresses
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The Waitresses were an experimental new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 band
Musical ensemble
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 from Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...

. The group was led by guitarist/songwriter Chris Butler
Chris Butler (musician)
Chris Butler is an American musician led the experimental new wave 1980s band The Waitresses . Butler grew up in the U.S. state of Ohio and majored in sociology at Kent State University...

 with lead vocals
Singing
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 performed by Patty Donahue
Patty Donahue
Patricia J. "Patty" Donahue was the American lead singer of the 1980s new wave group The Waitresses.-Career:...

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They had minor success in the United States with the song I Know What Boys Like, from their 1982 debut album Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? is an album by The Waitresses, originally released in 1982 on ZE Records and subsequently licensed by Polydor ....

. I Know What Boys Like was originally released as a single in 1980 but did not chart. In 1982 the song peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, #23 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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s Top Tracks chart and #14 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).

The Waitresses also recorded the theme song
Theme music
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 to the television program
Television program
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 Square Pegs
Square Pegs
Square Pegs is an American comedy series that aired on CBS during the 1982–1983 season. The series follows Patty Greene and Lauren Hutchinson , two awkward teenage girls desperate to fit in at Weemawee High School....

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