"Wasted Time" is a song by Fuel

Fuel (band)

Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel sometime in 1994...

 and the lead single

Lead single

A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 from their fourth studio album Angels & Devils, released on June 19, 2007. Written by guitarist Carl Bell

Carl Bell (musician)

Carl Bell is an American musician and producer born January 9, 1967 in Kenton, Tennessee. He founded the hard rock band Fuel with long-time friend and band member Jeff Abercrombie. Bell was the principal songwriter and lyricist for the band and performed guitar and backing vocals from the band's...

, it is the first single by the band to feature new lead singer Toryn Green

Toryn Green

Toryn Green is the vocalist for hard-rock band For The Taking, and the former vocalist for Fuel.He also was the touring lead vocalist for the band Apocalyptica and performed in both of its 2008 US Worlds Collide Tours...

. New Fuel drummer Tommy Stewart

Tommy Stewart

Tommy Stewart is an American rock drummer, currently for the rock band Lo-Pro. He is probably best known for his stint with heavy metal band Godsmack...

 was unable to perform on the record as he had other obligations to fulfill, so longtime Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...

 drummer Tommy Lee

Tommy Lee

Thomas Lee Bass , best known as Tommy Lee, is an American musician and founding member of glam metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects...

 performed drums on the track.

Two versions appear on the album, a "G-mix" mix by producer Scott Humphrey

Scott Humphrey

Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up until 2007's Zombie Live...

 and an "S-mix" mixed by Ben Grosse. While both versions are similar, the "S-mix" features fewer electric guitars than the "G-mix" does.

The song peaked at number 24 on Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, staying on the chart for 14 weeks.

On August 10, 2007, the band performed "Wasted Time" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Music video

A video was made to promote the single; although, the video wasn't released until September 24, several weeks after the single was released to radio. The video features the band playing in the desert.