Wasteland (Billy Idol song)
- Wasteland (Billy Idol song)
Infobox Single
Name = Wasteland
Border = yes
Caption = Cover art by Mark Frauenfelder.
Artist = Billy Idol
from Album = Cyberpunk
Released = 1993
Format = 5" CD
Recorded = 1992, Los Angeles, U.S.
Genre = Rock music
Electronica
Length = 4:34
Label = Chrysalis Records
Writer = Billy Idol and Mark Younger-Smith
Producer = Robin Hancock
Last single = "Adam in Chains"
(1993)
This single = "Wasteland"
(1993)
Next single = "Speed"
(1994)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Name = Wasteland
Audio file= Billy Idol - Wasteland.oggExtra tracklisting
Album = Cyberpunk
Type = Studio
prev_track = untitled
(intro. monologue)
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Wasteland"
track_no = 2
next_track = untitled
(audio segue)
next_no = 3
"Wasteland" is a single by Billy Idol, the fourth and last of which to be released to promote his 1993 album "Cyberpunk".
The song makes use of an audio clip from the intro monologue of , repeating the line "...out, into the wasteland..." The lyrics reference computer hacking and high technology, and refer to a desolate future with no religion. The lyric "no religion at all" was later used as the title of Idol's 1993 European tour: the No Religion tour. Unlike the three previous singles, a music video was not made to promote it.
Track listing
tracklist
all_writing = Billy Idol and Mark Younger-Smith
total_length = 15:27
title1 = Wasteland
note1 = No Religion 11
length1 = 3:58
title2 = Wasteland
note2 = No Religion mix
length2 = 2:58
title3 = Wasteland
note3 = Album version
length3 = 4:33
title4 = Wasteland
note4 = Album edit
length4 = 3:58
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