Wasted (Carrie Underwood song)

Infobox Single
Name = Wasted


Artist = Carrie Underwood
from Album = Some Hearts
Released = February 6, 2007
Format = CD single, digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Country pop
Length = 4:34 (album version)
3:25 (radio edit)
Label = Arista Records
Writer = Hillary Lindsey, Marv Green, Troy Verges
Producer =Mark Bright
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Last single = "Before He Cheats"
(2006)
This single = "Wasted"
(2007)
Next single = "I'll Stand By You"
(2007)
Misc = External music video|" [http://www.cmt.com/videos/carrie-underwood/132268/wasted.jhtml 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.

According to the chart week of April 21 2007, the song has reached number one on "Billboard"'s country singles chart, Hot Country Songs.

"Wasted" was ranked 7th on the 2007 Hot Country Songs Year-End Chart, higher even than her smash hit "Before He Cheats".

Song meaning

"Wasted" 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. Another theme could be interpreted as living up to life's possibilities.Fact|date=May 2007

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.

Chart performance

The sixth single from her debut album, "Wasted" has become Carrie's third No. 1 single on the Billboard Country charts. It debuted at #57 on the country charts before it's 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. The song reached a peak of number two on the iTunes Top 100 Country Songs, while her previous single "Before He Cheats" was number one on the same chart. "Wasted" also peaked at number 29 on the iTunes Top 100 Songs.