Wasted (Def Leppard song)

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1979 single by Def Leppard

"Wasted"

Single by Def Leppard
from the album  On Through the Night
Released| 2 November 1979[1]
Recorded| September 1979
Genre|

* Heavy metal
* hard rock

Length| 3:45
Label| Mercury
Songwriter(s)|

* Joe Elliot
* Steve Clark

Producer(s)|

* Nick Tauber
* Def Leppard

Def Leppard singles chronology
| "Rocks Off"
(1979)  | "Wasted"
(1979)  | "Hello America"
(1980)

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"Wasted" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard. It was released as a single before the band recorded their debut album, On Through the Night.

## Overview

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The recording featured on the single is a different version from the On Through the Night LP. The B-Side on the single is "Hello America", which is also a different recording from the LP. These alternative, single-only versions of "Wasted" and "Hello America" had never been released on CD, until 2018 when they were included as part of The Collection: Volume One box set, as the first two tracks of the Rarities: Volume One disc.[2] The record was produced by Nick Tauber, who the band selected because of his previous clients, particularly Thin Lizzy. Two other songs, "Rock Brigade" (also re-recorded for On Through the Night) and "Glad I'm Alive", were recorded during the session but were shelved when the band's management were displeased with the production, thus resulting in the "Wasted" b/w "Hello America" 7" single rather than the planned 4-song EP. A re-recording of "Hello America" subsequently became the band's first single heralding the arrival of On Through the Night.

Unused promotional videos for "Wasted"[3] and "Rock Brigade",[4] filmed in London in the fall of 1979, surfaced on YouTube in 2009 when they were uploaded by the director of the clips. This was the first time the Tauber version of "Rock Brigade" appeared anywhere, which left "Glad I'm Alive" as the only song from those sessions to remain hidden. All four songs, however, are included in the box set The Early Years 79–81 which was released on March 20, 2020.[5]

Although Def Leppard has all but disowned On Through the Night, "Wasted" has nonetheless been played live occasionally on some recent tours (since 1999) to the present – being the only song from that album apart from six performances of "Rock Brigade" in 2005 and 2013 to be performed since the completion of the Pyromania tour.[6]

## Track listing

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UK 7" single

1. "Wasted"
2. "Hello America"

## Charts

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Chart (1979)  | Peak
position

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UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 61

## References

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1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 46.
2. ^ "Def Leppard Collection: Volume One box set". defleppard.com. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
3. ^ "Wasted Def Leppard". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
4. ^ "Rock Brigade Early Def Leppard". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
5. ^ Grow, Kory (29 January 2020). "Def Leppard Collect Unreleased Earliest Recordings for New Box Set".
6. ^ "Wasted by Def Leppard Song Statistics". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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Def Leppard

* Rick Savage
* Joe Elliott
* Rick Allen
* Phil Collen
* Vivian Campbell

* Pete Willis
* Steve Clark

Studio albums|

* On Through the Night
* High 'n' Dry
* Pyromania
* Hysteria
* Adrenalize
* Slang
* Euphoria
* X
* Yeah!
* Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
* Def Leppard
* Diamond Star Halos

Live albums|

* Mirror Ball – Live & More
* Viva! Hysteria
* And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit

Compilations|

* Retro Active
* Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)
* Best of Def Leppard
* Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection
* The Story So Far – The Best Of
* The Early Years 79–81
* Drastic Symphonies

EPs|

* The Def Leppard E.P.

Singles|

* "Wasted"
* "Hello America"
* "Let It Go"
* "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
* "Photograph"
* "Rock of Ages"
* "Foolin'"
* "Too Late for Love"
* "Animal"
* "Women"
* "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
* "Hysteria"
* "Armageddon It"
* "Love Bites"
* "Rocket"
* "Let's Get Rocked"
* "Make Love Like a Man"
* "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
* "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
* "Heaven Is"
* "Tonight"
* "Two Steps Behind"
* "Desert Song"
* “Miss You in a Heartbeat”
* "Action"
* "When Love & Hate Collide"
* "Slang"
* "Work It Out"
* "All I Want Is Everything"
* "Breathe a Sigh"
* "Promises"
* "Paper Sun"
* "Goodbye"
* "Now"
* "Four Letter Word"
* "Long, Long Way to Go"
* "No Matter What"
* "Rock On"
* "20th Century Boy"
* "C'mon C'mon"
* "Undefeated"

Videography|

* Historia
* Live: In the Round, in Your Face
* Visualize
* Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection
* Mirror Ball – Live & More
* Viva! Hysteria
* And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit

Concert tours|

* Adrenalize World Tour
* Slang World Tour
* Viva! Hysteria
* Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour
* World Tour 2015
* Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour
* The Stadium Tour
* The World Tour

Related|

* Discography
* Members
* Songs
* Awards and nominations
* Cybernauts
* Man Raze
* Down 'n' Outz
* Gogmagog
* Jeff Rich
* Frank Noon

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