Wasted (Margaret song)

"Wasted" is a song by Polish singer Margaret. It was included on her debut studio album, Add the Blonde (2014), and released as its lead single in Poland on 15 January 2014 by Magic Records. On 28 April 2014, the single was released in Scandinavia by Warner Music Sweden and Extensive Music. The song was written by Boris Potemkin, Anthony Whiting, Emily Philips, Robert Uhlmann and Thomas Karlsson.[1] It samples Edita Piekha's 1967 song "Our Neighbour" (Russian: "Наш сосед" nash sosed).[2]

"Wasted"
Single by Margaret
from the album Add the Blonde
Released15 January 2014 (2014-01-15)
GenrePop
Length3:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
Margaret singles chronology
"Tell Me How Are Ya"
(2013)
"Wasted"
(2014)
"Start a Fire"
(2014)
Music video
"Wasted" on YouTube
Alternative cover
Artwork in Scandinavia

Margaret debuted "Wasted" at the Sylwestrowa Moc Przebojów ("New Year's Eve Power of Hits") concert in Gdynia, Poland on 31 December 2013.[3] The single reached number six on the Polish Airplay Chart.[4]

Music video edit

The song's music video premiered on Orange Poland website on 14 January 2014, and was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2014. The video was directed by Julia Bui Ngoc. It was filmed in Warsaw, and draws inspirations from the Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 film Amélie and the work of Andy Warhol.[5][6]

Track listing edit

  • Digital single[7]
  1. "Wasted" (Radio Version) – 3:21
  • Digital single – Remixes[8]
  1. "Wasted" (Esquire Remix) – 4:43
  2. "Wasted" (Esquire Radio) – 3:08

Accolades edit

Year Ceremony Category Result Ref.
2014 Sopot TOPtrendy Festival Biggest Hit of the Year Nominated [9]
2014 Eska Music Awards Best Music Video Nominated [10]
2015 Polsat SuperHit Festival Radio Hit of the Year Fourth [11]

Charts edit

Release history edit

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Poland 15 January 2014 Original [7]
14 February 2014 Remixes [8]
Scandinavia 28 April 2014 Original [14]

References edit

  1. ^ Margaret (2014). Add the Blonde (booklet). Extensive Music, Magic Records.
  2. ^ Roszkowski, Sebastian (27 January 2014). "27.01.2014 Margaret – Wasted" (in Polish). Polskie Radio Szczecin. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Margaret – Wasted. Nowa piosenka Margaret premierowo na Sylwestrze w Gdyni!" (in Polish). Radio Eska. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Margaret – "Wasted"" (in Polish). Orange Polska. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Margaret szykuje teledysk "Wasted"" (in Polish). Interia.pl. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Wasted (Radio Version) – Single by Margaret". iTunes Store (PL). Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Wasted (Remixes) – Single by Margaret". iTunes Store (PL). 14 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Koncert "Największe Przeboje Roku"" (in Polish). Toptrendy.pl. 11 May 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Donatan & Cleo, Sylwia Grzeszczak i Grzegorz Hyży z szansami na Eska Music Awards 2014" (in Polish). Wirtualne Media. 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Polsat SuperHit Festival: Beata Kozidrak, Kayah, Margaret i Mrozu wśród gwiazd drugiego dnia" (in Polish). Onet.pl. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  12. ^ "TOP Dyskoteki: 22 – 28 marca 2014 r." (in Polish). ZPAV. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Utwory, których słuchaliśmy w radiu – Airplay 2014" (in Polish). ZPAV. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  14. ^ Citations accounting for the digital release of "Wasted" in Scandinavia: