"Temptation Waits" is a 1998 alternative rock song performed by the band Garbage and is featured in their second studio album Version 2.0 as the opening song.Despite not being released as an international single, "Temptation Waits" was released as an airplay-only sixth single in Spain the following year to mark the year-long chart run of Version 2.0 on the Spanish album charts and to mark its certification of the European Platinum Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for 1 million sales of Version 2.0 across Europe.In North America, "Temptation Waits" was licensed to numerous television shows, such as Angel, Dawson's Creek, The Sopranos and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; it also was the stand-out inclusion on the 1999 tie-in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album and featured heavily in promotional releases for the compilation.