Wasting My Time (Default song)
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"Wasting My Time" is a song by Canadian alternative rock
band Default
and the lead single
from their 2001 debut album, The Fallout
. The song made its radio and video
debut in the fall of that year and the single was released in September 2001. "Wasting My Time" is Default's most well known song, having reached #13 on the US Hot 100 charts on 8 June 2002, #3 on the US Modern Rock charts, and #2 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.
as the interlude
. "Wasting My Time" remains popular among many rock fans, as it has characteristics of various rock-related genres. The song was selected by Billboard as the 18th best rock song of the 00's.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Default
Default (band)
Default is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Since forming in 1999 they have released four albums, and have sold more than a million records...
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 2001 debut album, The Fallout
The Fallout
The Fallout is the debut album by Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band Default. Chad Kroeger, the frontman of Nickelback, contributed to the album's production and co-wrote six of its songs including its second single...
. The song made its radio and video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
debut in the fall of that year and the single was released in September 2001. "Wasting My Time" is Default's most well known song, having reached #13 on the US Hot 100 charts on 8 June 2002, #3 on the US Modern Rock charts, and #2 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.
Content
The song features melodic verses of singing and clean, bright guitar picking. This moves into a hard-hitting, wailing chorus and a distorted guitar soloGuitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
as the interlude
Break (music)
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece....
. "Wasting My Time" remains popular among many rock fans, as it has characteristics of various rock-related genres. The song was selected by Billboard as the 18th best rock song of the 00's.
Music video
A music video was filmed for the song and centers around a woman waiting for her companion. They finally meet at the end and embrace. Band performance fills the majority of the video and takes place in a clear, open atmosphere with no audience.Chart performance
| Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 43 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 97 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 37 |
| UK Singles Chart | 73 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks Adult Top 40 is a variation on the United States Billboard charts... |
14 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles | 13 |