Song · Def Leppard
“Wasted” by Def Leppard
From the album On Through the Night (1980)
“Wasted” by Def Leppard appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1980 on the album On Through the Night. Its best result is #477 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,504 hard rock song of all time.
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Def Leppard had "Wasted" out on a seven-inch before they'd started on their debut album: a rough recording, backed with an early take of "Hello America". The band picked Nick Tauber to produce that session because of his work with Thin Lizzy, but their management didn't like what came back, so a planned four-song EP shrank to a single and "Rock Brigade" and "Glad I'm Alive" went on the shelf.
On Through the Night carries a remake, produced by Tom Allom: Joe Elliott, who wrote it with Steve Clark, yowls over the twin guitars of Clark and Pete Willis while Rick Savage and Rick Allen pound away underneath. It's heavy metal with the paint still wet. The single-only take stayed off CD until 2018, when it and its B-side led off the Rarities: Volume One disc of The Collection: Volume One.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 477 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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