"Wasted" is a song by Polish singer

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. It was included on her debut studio album, '' Add the Blonde'' (2014), and released as its lead single in Poland on 15 January 2014 by

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. On 28 April 2014, the single was released in

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and

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. The song was written by Boris Potemkin,

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, Emily Philips, Robert Uhlmann and Thomas Karlsson. It samples

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's 1967 song "Our Neighbour" (

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: "Наш сосед" ''nash sosed''). Margaret debuted "Wasted" at the Sylwestrowa Moc Przebojów ("New Year's Eve Power of Hits") concert in Gdynia, Poland on 31 December 2013. The single reached number six on the Polish Airplay Chart.

Music video

The song's music video premiered on

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website on 14 January 2014, and was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2014. The video was directed by Julia Bui Ngoc. It was filmed in

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, and draws inspirations from the

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's 2001 film ''

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'' and the work of

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Track listing

*Digital single # "Wasted" (Radio Version) – 3:21 *Digital single – Remixes # "Wasted" (Esquire Remix) – 4:43 # "Wasted" (Esquire Radio) – 3:08

Accolades

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wasted 2014 singles 2014 songs Margaret (singer) songs Songs written by Ant Whiting Songs written by Robert Uhlmann (composer) Songs with lyrics by Thomas Karlsson Magic Records singles