Wasted on You - Revision history

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	''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[Tim McCord\|T. McCord]], [[Jen Majura\|J. Majura]], [[Will Hunt\|W. Hunt]] and [[Troy McLawhorn\|T. McLawhorn]]''<ref name=writers />		''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[Tim McCord\|T. McCord]], [[Jen Majura\|J. Majura]], [[Will Hunt\|W. Hunt]] and [[Troy McLawhorn\|T. McLawhorn]]''<ref name=writers />

	'''''Wasted on You''''' is the first single from [[Evanescence]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'', that was released on April 24, 2020.<ref name=newalbum /> It's one of the four songs the band worked on with [[Nick Raskulinecz]] in early 2020. The song wasn't planned to be released as the first song off the album, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the band decided to release it first, saying "the feeling and meaning [changed] of what we wanted to say right now."<ref name=blabber />		'''''Wasted on You''''' is the first single from [[Evanescence]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'', that was released on April 24, 2020.<ref name=newalbum /> It's one of the four songs the band worked on with [[Nick Raskulinecz]] in early 2020.<ref name=powerplay /> The song wasn't planned to be released as the first song off the album, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the band decided to release it first, saying "the feeling and meaning [changed] of what we wanted to say right now."<ref name=blabber />

	{{Quote\|"We were recording this music right up until we couldn't go into the studio anymore, and finished it remotely through file sharing and phone calls. Tweaking mixes, adding background vocals, creating the video and album art all from home has been like water in the desert for me, my light in a dark time. We are still writing and have a lot more work to do on this album, but this time we wanted to release the songs individually, as we create, to live more in the moment with our fans and our music.		{{Quote\|"We were recording this music right up until we couldn't go into the studio anymore, and finished it remotely through file sharing and phone calls. Tweaking mixes, adding background vocals, creating the video and album art all from home has been like water in the desert for me, my light in a dark time. We are still writing and have a lot more work to do on this album, but this time we wanted to release the songs individually, as we create, to live more in the moment with our fans and our music.
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	'''Wasted on You [Live]'''		'''Wasted on You [Live]'''
	*''Performing period:'' November 5 - December 11, 2021; January 14-21, June 5 - December 14, 2022; February 25 - September 8, 2023		*''Performing period:'' November 5 - December 11, 2021; January 14-21, June 5 - December 14, 2022; February 25 - September 8, 2023; May 9-16, June 7-15, 2024
	*''Example:'' Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA (November 5, 2021)		*''Example:'' Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA (November 5, 2021)

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	<ref name=marieclaire>{{cite web\|last=Kaplan\|first=Ilana\|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33590771/evanescence-amy-lee-new-album-the-bitter-truth/\|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on the Band's New Album, 'The Bitter Truth'\|date=August 19, 2020\|work=Marie Claire}}</ref>		<ref name=marieclaire>{{cite web\|last=Kaplan\|first=Ilana\|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33590771/evanescence-amy-lee-new-album-the-bitter-truth/\|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on the Band's New Album, 'The Bitter Truth'\|date=August 19, 2020\|work=Marie Claire}}</ref>

			<ref name=powerplay>{{cite journal\|last=Day\|first=Elinor\|date=May 2021\|url=https://powerplaymagazine.co.uk/shop/p/powerplay-240-may-2021\|title=Amy Lee chats to Elinor Day\|journal=PowerPlay\|page=4\|issue=240\|issn=\|accessdate=}}</ref>

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	*''Example:'' Magenta Musik 360 #DaheimDabeiKonzerte (At home concert aired for Germany, Austria and Switzerland only)		*''Example:'' Magenta Musik 360 #DaheimDabeiKonzerte (At home concert aired for Germany, Austria and Switzerland only)

	'''Wasted on You (Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire)'''		'''Wasted on You ([[Cooper Tires Driven To Perform Livestream Concert\|Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire]])'''
	*''Performing period:'' May 13, 2021		*''Performing period:'' May 13, 2021
	*''Example:'' Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire, Nashville, TN, USA		*''Example:'' Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire, Nashville, TN, USA

			'''Wasted on You [Live]'''
			*''Performing period:'' November 5 - December 11, 2021; January 14-21, June 5 - December 14, 2022; February 25 - September 8, 2023
			*''Example:'' Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA (November 5, 2021)

	== Lyrics ==		== Lyrics ==
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	I'm wasted on you<br>		I'm wasted on you<br>
	''(I'm wasted on you)''<br>		''(I'm wasted on you)''<br>
	Just pass me bitter truth		Just pass me the bitter truth

	== Video ==		== Video ==
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	<ref name=credits>Song credits on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqZ3BaRzAI YouTube].</ref>		<ref name=credits>Song credits on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqZ3BaRzAI YouTube].</ref>

	<ref name=myx>{{cite web\|last=Santos\|first=Camille\|url=https://myx.abs-cbn.com/features/24051/evanescence-the-bitter-truth-myxclusive\|title=EVANESCENCE Reveals Struggles Working On New Album Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic\|work=MYX PH\|date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>		<ref name=myx>{{cite web\|last=Santos\|first=Camille\|url=https://myx.abs-cbn.com/features/24051/evanescence-the-bitter-truth-myxclusive\|title=EVANESCENCE Reveals Struggles Working On New Album Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic\|work=MYX PH\|date=May 19, 2020\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525035031/https://myx.abs-cbn.com/features/24051/evanescence-the-bitter-truth-myxclusive\|archivedate=May 25, 2020}}</ref>

	<ref name=tiktok>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1262522295181955072\|title=We have officially started a TikTok account! On top of that, we have just announced our next official video from our TikTok page!\|work=Twitter\|date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>		<ref name=tiktok>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1262522295181955072\|title=We have officially started a TikTok account! On top of that, we have just announced our next official video from our TikTok page!\|work=Twitter\|date=May 18, 2020}}</ref>

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	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Example:'' Magenta Musik 360 #DaheimDabeiKonzerte (At home concert aired for Germany, Austria and Switzerland only)		*''Example:'' Magenta Musik 360 #DaheimDabeiKonzerte (At home concert aired for Germany, Austria and Switzerland only)

			'''Wasted on You (Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire)'''
			*''Performing period:'' May 13, 2021
			*''Example:'' Driven to Perform Livestream Concert by Cooper Tire, Nashville, TN, USA

	== Lyrics ==		== Lyrics ==

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	'Wasted On You' wasn't the song we were planning to release first, but when the whole world went into indefinite lockdown and everything changed, so did the feeling and meaning of what we wanted to say right now. I didn't write these lyrics about what we're all now going through, but somehow that's exactly what they are."<ref name=blabber />}}		'Wasted On You' wasn't the song we were planning to release first, but when the whole world went into indefinite lockdown and everything changed, so did the feeling and meaning of what we wanted to say right now. I didn't write these lyrics about what we're all now going through, but somehow that's exactly what they are."<ref name=blabber />}}

	Amy said the song was written on New Year's Eve and explained how she had a change of heart about releasing ''Wasted On You'' first instead of the song originally planned to be the first single:		Amy said the song was written on New Year's Eve and explained how she had a change of heart about releasing ''Wasted On You'' first instead of [[Use My Voice\|the song]] originally planned to be the first single:

	{{Quote\|I started writing it on New Year’s Eve. So it’s really recent. It’s definitely completely different for us to write something so recently and be able to have the gratification of releasing it so shortly afterwards – we weren’t expecting that. The band came in and really made it what it is when we were together. With the song we were planning on doing first – and I can’t describe it, I don’t want to give it away – it’s powerful in a different way. Over the past couple of months, it’s really felt like every day is a new situation a lot of the time. Like, ‘OK, what’s the emergency today? Where are we going? How long will this last? What is this feeling?’ Two months ago I was in Japan on a totally different track, getting ready for [[Worlds Collide Tour 2021\|a really big tour]], putting on the biggest production we’ve had in years, and so many things that have now totally shifted in a new direction. Everything feels fluid. And I want to live that way on all levels of my life if I can: hold loosely to strict plans and think and live more in the moment as a person, and as an artist. Just a few weeks ago, I was like, ‘This isn’t the right time for the other song’. It felt so right, and then it didn’t in this moment. [Wasted On You] did, so we said, ‘Let’s go with it – let’s go with our feelings and release this now.’<ref name=musicweek />}}		{{Quote\|I started writing it on New Year’s Eve. So it’s really recent. It’s definitely completely different for us to write something so recently and be able to have the gratification of releasing it so shortly afterwards – we weren’t expecting that. The band came in and really made it what it is when we were together. With the song we were planning on doing first – and I can’t describe it, I don’t want to give it away – it’s powerful in a different way. Over the past couple of months, it’s really felt like every day is a new situation a lot of the time. Like, ‘OK, what’s the emergency today? Where are we going? How long will this last? What is this feeling?’ Two months ago I was in Japan on a totally different track, getting ready for [[Worlds Collide Tour 2021\|a really big tour]], putting on the biggest production we’ve had in years, and so many things that have now totally shifted in a new direction. Everything feels fluid. And I want to live that way on all levels of my life if I can: hold loosely to strict plans and think and live more in the moment as a person, and as an artist. Just a few weeks ago, I was like, ‘This isn’t the right time for the other song’. It felt so right, and then it didn’t in this moment. [Wasted On You] did, so we said, ‘Let’s go with it – let’s go with our feelings and release this now.’<ref name=musicweek />}}
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	*''Length:'' 4:19		*''Length:'' 4:19

	'''Woy Bells [Demo]'''		'''Woy Bells [Demo]'''<ref>Bells heard throughout the song.</ref>
	*''Recording date:'' 2020		*''Recording date:'' 2020
	*''Status:'' Released		*''Status:'' Released
	*''Released On:'' [[The Bitter Truth#Deluxe Box Set\|''The Bitter Truth Evolution'']] cassette		*''Released On:'' [[The Bitter Truth#Deluxe Box Set\|''The Bitter Truth Evolution'']] cassette (A7)
			*''Length:'' 0:52

			'''Writing [''The Bitter Truth Evolution'']'''<ref>An audio of Amy writing the song's bridge on the piano.</ref>
			*''Recording date:'' 2020
			*''Status:'' Released
			*''Released On:'' [[The Bitter Truth#Deluxe Box Set\|''The Bitter Truth Evolution'']] cassette (A8)
			*''Length:'' 0:54

	===Live Versions===		===Live Versions===

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	*''Status:'' Released for radio stations only		*''Status:'' Released for radio stations only
	*''Length:'' 4:19		*''Length:'' 4:19

			'''Woy Bells [Demo]'''
			*''Recording date:'' 2020
			*''Status:'' Released
			*''Released On:'' [[The Bitter Truth#Deluxe Box Set\|''The Bitter Truth Evolution'']] cassette

	===Live Versions===		===Live Versions===
	'''Wasted on You ([[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]])'''		'''Wasted on You ([[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]])'''
	*''Status:'' ~~To be released March 26~~, ~~2021~~		*''Status:'' Released, Available
	*''Recording date:'' October 2020		*''Recording date:'' October 2020
	*''Released on:'' ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' CD2: [[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]] (track ~~TBC~~)		*''Released on:'' ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' CD2: [[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]] (track #1)
	*''Length:'' ~~TBC~~		*''Length:'' 4:24

	'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''		'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''

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	===Live Versions===		===Live Versions===
	'''Wasted on You ([[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]])'''		'''Wasted on You ([[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]])'''
	*''~~Performing dates~~:'' ~~Aired~~ October ~~30, 2020 and December 5,~~ 2020		*''Status:'' To be released March 26, 2021
	*''~~Status~~:'' ~~Limited release~~		*''Recording date:'' October 2020
			*''Released on:'' ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' CD2: [[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]] (track TBC)
			*''Length:'' TBC

	'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''		'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''

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	: ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' (Track #6)		: ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' (Track #6)
	*''Length:'' 4:22		*''Length:'' 4:22

			'''Wasted on You (Radio Edit)'''<ref>https://twitter.com/thefactionlive/status/1343142107591143432</ref>
			*''Recording date:'' January - February 2020
			*''Status:'' Released for radio stations only
			*''Length:'' 4:19

	===Live Versions===		===Live Versions===

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	===Live Versions===		===Live Versions===
			'''Wasted on You ([[A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio]])'''
			*''Performing dates:'' Aired October 30, 2020 and December 5, 2020
			*''Status:'' Limited release

	'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''		'''Wasted on You (Acoustic feat. Lindsey Stirling)'''
	*''Performing dates:'' May 15, 2020		*''Performing dates:'' May 15, 2020

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	*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status\|Released, Available]]		*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status\|Released, Available]]
	*''Released On:'' April 24, 2020 as the first single from ''The Bitter Truth''		*''Released On:'' April 24, 2020 as the first single from ''The Bitter Truth''
	: ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' (Track ~~TBC~~)		: ''[[The Bitter Truth]]'' (Track #6)
	*''Length:'' 4:22		*''Length:'' 4:22

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	{{Quote\|I started writing it on New Year’s Eve. So it’s really recent. It’s definitely completely different for us to write something so recently and be able to have the gratification of releasing it so shortly afterwards – we weren’t expecting that. The band came in and really made it what it is when we were together. With the song we were planning on doing first – and I can’t describe it, I don’t want to give it away – it’s powerful in a different way. Over the past couple of months, it’s really felt like every day is a new situation a lot of the time. Like, ‘OK, what’s the emergency today? Where are we going? How long will this last? What is this feeling?’ Two months ago I was in Japan on a totally different track, getting ready for [[Worlds Collide Tour 2021\|a really big tour]], putting on the biggest production we’ve had in years, and so many things that have now totally shifted in a new direction. Everything feels fluid. And I want to live that way on all levels of my life if I can: hold loosely to strict plans and think and live more in the moment as a person, and as an artist. Just a few weeks ago, I was like, ‘This isn’t the right time for the other song’. It felt so right, and then it didn’t in this moment. [Wasted On You] did, so we said, ‘Let’s go with it – let’s go with our feelings and release this now.’<ref name=musicweek />}}		{{Quote\|I started writing it on New Year’s Eve. So it’s really recent. It’s definitely completely different for us to write something so recently and be able to have the gratification of releasing it so shortly afterwards – we weren’t expecting that. The band came in and really made it what it is when we were together. With the song we were planning on doing first – and I can’t describe it, I don’t want to give it away – it’s powerful in a different way. Over the past couple of months, it’s really felt like every day is a new situation a lot of the time. Like, ‘OK, what’s the emergency today? Where are we going? How long will this last? What is this feeling?’ Two months ago I was in Japan on a totally different track, getting ready for [[Worlds Collide Tour 2021\|a really big tour]], putting on the biggest production we’ve had in years, and so many things that have now totally shifted in a new direction. Everything feels fluid. And I want to live that way on all levels of my life if I can: hold loosely to strict plans and think and live more in the moment as a person, and as an artist. Just a few weeks ago, I was like, ‘This isn’t the right time for the other song’. It felt so right, and then it didn’t in this moment. [Wasted On You] did, so we said, ‘Let’s go with it – let’s go with our feelings and release this now.’<ref name=musicweek />}}

			The band didn’t intend for this particular track to be ''The Bitter Truth''’s lead single, but its meaning resonated more as lockdowns began, prompting a change in plans:

			{{Quote\|‘Wasted On You’ wasn’t supposed to be about this moment that we were all in—feeling frozen in time and stuck in place and wanting to break up with a moment and all those things—it just already existed and suddenly applied in a way that had more gravity than it did before.<ref name=marieclaire />}}

	Amy further explained how she was feeling when she wrote the song and how it mirrored the world pandemic:		Amy further explained how she was feeling when she wrote the song and how it mirrored the world pandemic:
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	<ref name=woyfanvideo>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1275921942373994497\|title=We asked and you delivered- more beautifully and powerfully than we could have imagined.\|work=Twitter\|date=June 24, 2020}}</ref>		<ref name=woyfanvideo>{{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/evanescence/status/1275921942373994497\|title=We asked and you delivered- more beautifully and powerfully than we could have imagined.\|work=Twitter\|date=June 24, 2020}}</ref>

			<ref name=marieclaire>{{cite web\|last=Kaplan\|first=Ilana\|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a33590771/evanescence-amy-lee-new-album-the-bitter-truth/\|title=Evanescence's Amy Lee on the Band's New Album, 'The Bitter Truth'\|date=August 19, 2020\|work=Marie Claire}}</ref>

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