In November 1972 the band began recording sessions in Kingston, Jamaica, for the album "Goats Head Soup"; it was released in 1973 and reached No. 1 in both the UK and US. The album, which contained the worldwide hit "Angie", was the first in a string of commercially successful but tepidly received studio albums. The sessions for "Goats Head Soup" also produced unused material, most notably an early version of the popular ballad "Waiting on a Friend", which was not released until the "Tattoo You" LP eight years later.