"Wasted Little DJs" is the debut single by Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

 indie band The View

The View (band)

The View are a Scottish indie rock band. They incorporate various styles such as punk, pop, alternative rock, pop punk, powerpop, folk, and acoustic in their music....

, taken from the album Hats Off to the Buskers

Hats Off to the Buskers

Hats Off to the Buskers is the debut album by Scottish band The View. It was released on 22 January 2007 on 1965 Records. It was reported on the band's official forum that the album had leaked to various internet sites in mid December 2006. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 on 28 January...

. The principal B-side on all formats of the single was Posh Boys. Before its physical release on 8 August 2006, the single had reached #73 on downloads only, before climbing up to #15 the following week. It spent two more weeks in the UK top 40 at #28 and #40 respectively before dropping out altogether.

The single, however, went straight to #1 in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, the same week it peaked at #15 in the whole of the UK.

The song was placed at number 9 in the NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 top 50 singles of the year 2006. and went on to later win the public vote for Best Track at the NME Awards

NME Awards

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 2007.

The single was written about The Wasted Little DJs, known as Karlene and Charlene. Both are hairdressers in Dundee. Karlene is the sister of Kieren Webster, The View's bassist and Charlene was Websters girlfriend.

On the artwork for the single the title was given as "Wasted Little DJ's" which is grammatically incorrect. However, by the time the album was released, the mistaken apostrophe had been dropped and the track is listed as "Wasted Little DJs" by the label.

Track listing

• UK CD

1. "Wasted Little DJ's" - 4:00
2. "Posh Boys" - 3:15
3. "Comin' Down (Live)" - 3:01
4. "Wasted Little DJs (Video)"

• UK 7"

1. "Wasted Little DJ's" - 4:00
2. "Posh Boys" - 3:15

Charts

Charts (2009)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	15

Trivia

• The chorus to the song contains the lyrics 'Astedway ittlelay eejaysday', which is Pig latin
  Pig Latin
  Pig Latin is a language game of alterations played in English. To form the Pig Latin form of an English word the first consonant is moved to the end of the word and an ay is affixed . The object is to conceal the meaning of the words from others not familiar with the rules...
  
  for 'Wasted little deejays.'