"Wasted" is a song by Dutch DJ and record producer

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featuring

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, who co-wrote the song with Tiësto and Australian production and songwriting duo Twice as Nice. "Wasted" was first released on 25 April 2014 by PM:AM Recordings as the second single from Tiësto's fifth studio album, ''

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''. It was featured in 2014 action comedy film ''

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''.

Background and release

The song was announced by Tiësto in early April. A lyric video for the track was later uploaded to the artist's

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channel on 13 April 2014. British radio station

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opted to play an alternative version of the song titled "Naked", which replaced every occurrence of the term "wasted" with "naked".

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was released on 25 April 2014. It runs for approximately three minutes and twenty-one seconds and is directed by Tabitha Denholm. The video features six women (Taylor Godfrey, Allegra Carpenter, Kassi Smith...) in 1960s-era outfits enjoying themselves. Tiësto and Matthew Koma are seen starring on a TV show called ''The Tiësto Show'' where Koma is also seen singing the song.

Track listing

Digital download Remixes Yellow Claw Remix (

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)

Credits and personnel

*Songwriting –

Tijs Verwest Tijs is a Dutch male given name. It can be a derivative form of Matthijs, which is the Dutch form of Matthew or Matthias, or a short form of Timothijs or Timotheus, Dutch forms of Timothy. Another spelling of this name is Thijs. It may refer to: ...

, Twice as Nice *

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–

, Twice as Nice,

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*Vocals –

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, it became the first single which was released in 2014, to top the

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without topping the

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. As of 1 August 2014, "Wasted" was certified Silver (200,000 copies) in the United Kingdom and as of 15 June 2015, "Wasted" was

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(1,000,000 copies) in the United States.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wasted (Tiesto song) Tiësto songs 2014 songs 2014 singles Songs written for films Songs written by Matthew Koma Songs written by Tiësto Universal Music Group singles Casablanca Records singles Republic Records singles