Song · London Grammar
“Wasting My Young Years” by London Grammar
From the album If You Wait (2013)
“Wasting My Young Years” by London Grammar appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2013. It was first released in 2013 on the album If You Wait. Its best result is #60 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #372 alternative song of 2013.
"Wasting My Young Years" reached British ears as a download on June 16, 2013, the London Grammar single that set the table for If You Wait later that year, and the whole thing aches. Hannah Reid wrote the lyric and shares the music credit with Dominic Ashley Ronald Major and Daniel Rothman, and the English indie pop trio co-produced it with Tim Bran and Roy Kerr. Bran added extra keyboards, the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra supplied the strings, Manon Grandjean engineered and Kevin Davis mixed.
It came after "Metal & Dust", peaked at 31 on the UK singles chart and gave way to "Strong". The video actually beat the single out of the gate, landing on YouTube on May 15, 2013, and by May 2025 it had been watched 92 million times.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 60 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2013 | 200 |
| 2013 | 61 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 | 100 |
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