"Wasted" is a song written by

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and

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, and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in February 2007 as the sixth and final single from her multi-platinum debut album, ''

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''. It began receiving country radio airplay as an album track, causing it to place on the US Country chart weeks before its official release as a single.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo that deals with themes of

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, including

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. The song has two characters who each have to stop the addiction from taking over their lives. One of them gets out of addiction to a relationship, and the other gets out of addiction to alcohol.

Music video

In January 2007, Underwood filmed the video for the song in

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. This was her fourth music video, and it was released during the beginning of February. The music video premiered on CMT Loaded.com. For Underwood's fourth music video from ''Some Hearts'', she appears in different, simple scenes, such as a house. An actor is also featured in the video, who fits the character dealing with the theme of the song. The music video is in complete black & white format, and it was released in early February, sooner than expected, thanks to the song's radio success. A shortened version of the song is used in the video, cutting out nearly a full minute of the song.

Chart performance

The sixth single from her debut album, "Wasted" become Carrie's fourth consecutive number one country single and fifth overall number one single. It spent three weeks at number one on the country charts. It debuted at number 57 on the country charts before its official release. The song also received a significant amount of digital downloads on the

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music store after her performance of the song on ''

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''. The song sold 705,000 as of October 2011. On August 10, 2015 "Wasted" was officially certified Platinum.

Year-end charts

Live performances

Underwood performed the song on ''

'' on March 8, 2007, after they paid her a tribute for her achievements since winning ''Idol'' in May 2005. She also performed the song live during the 2007

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Awards on May 15. Underwood has performed it on all of her concert tours.

Awards

2007 ASCAP Country Music Awards

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References

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