Format Digital download Genre Country pop
dance-pop | Recorded 2016 Length 3:53 | |
Released 4 April 2016 (2016-04-04) Label Hit Red
Capitol Nashville | ||
"Wasted Time" is a song recorded by Australian country music singer Keith Urban and co-written by Urban, Greg Wells and James Abrahart. It was released on 4 April 2016 as the third single from his ninth studio album, Ripcord, through Hit Red and Capitol Nashville. The song was produced by Wells.
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Promotion
Ahead of the release of the song, as his final performance on American Idol, the show on which Urban has been a judge since 2012, he sang "Wasted Time", playing the "ganjocaster", a combination between a banjo and electric guitar built by his former bandmate Brian Nutter.
Urban also performed the song at the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards playing the banjo and earned a standing ovation from the crowd.
Commercial performance
"Wasted Time" has reached number one on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, becoming Urban's twentieth number one single. It reached number four on the Hot Country Songs chart and number 51 on the Hot 100 chart. It topped the Country Airplay chart in its thirteenth week, making this song Urban's twentieth number one on this chart and stayed atop the chart for a second consecutive week. As of August 2016, it has sold 269,000 copies in the U.S.
Music video
The music video was directed by John Urbano and premiered in April 2016.