Bidin' My Time is a show tune written by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced in the 1930 Broadway musical Girl Crazy by The Foursome (Del Porter, Ray Johnson, J. Marshall and Dwight Snyder). The song is a laid back, leisurely swing about waiting for life to unfold while staying busy, with the singer promising that next year something will happen. It was first performed in 1930 and first recorded and released by The Foursome around 1930–1931. Over the years it has become a jazz standard with notable recordings by Judy Garland (1943), Sarah Vaughan (1958), Ella Fitzgerald (1959), Nat King Cole (1964) and others, and it appears on various albums and Gershwin song collections. The tune is commonly categorized as a show tune and jazz standard, often performed with a relaxed, timeless mood.
