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"Wasted"
Single by Carrie Underwood
from the album Some Hearts
Released	February 6, 2007
Format	CD single, digital download
Genre	Country pop
Length	4:34 (album version); 3:25 (radio edit)
Label	Arista Records
Writer(s)	Hillary Lindsey, Marv Green, Troy Verges
Producer	Mark Bright
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Carrie Underwood singles chronology
Music video
	"Wasted" at CMT.com

"Wasted" is Carrie Underwood's sixth and final single from her multi-platinum debut Some Hearts.

The single 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.

In January 2007, Underwood filmed the video for the song in Tampa, FL. This is now her fourth music video, and it was released during the beginning of February. The music video premiered on CMT Loaded.com.

Underwood performed the song on American Idol 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 Academy of Country Music Awards on May 15.

[edit] Song meaning

"Wasted" is a mid-tempo that deals with themes of addiction, including alcoholism. 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.

[edit] Music video

For Underwood's fourth music video from her debut album 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.

[edit] Chart performance

The sixth single from her debut album, "Wasted" become Carrie's fourth consecutive No. 1 country single and fifth overall No.1 single. It debuted at #57 on the country charts before its official release. The song also received a significant amount of digital downloads on the iTunes music store after her performance of the song on American Idol.

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	54
Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles	1
Canadian Hot 100	35

Preceded by "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" by Tim McGraw	Canadian Country Singles Chart number-one single April 13-April 20, 2007	Succeeded by "Settlin'" by Sugarland
Preceded by "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" by Tim McGraw	Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single April 21-May 5, 2007	Succeeded by "Stand" by Rascal Flatts