Wasting Love

"Wasting Love"
"Wasting Love"
Single by Iron Maiden
from the album Fear of the Dark
B-side	"Tailgunner" (live); "Holy Smoke" (live); "The Assassin" (live);
Released	1 September 1992
Recorded	1991 – April 1992
Studio	Barnyard (Essex)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	4:52; 5:46 (album version);
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Dickinson; Janick Gers;
Producer(s)	Martin Birch; Steve Harris;
Iron Maiden singles chronology
Music video
	"Wasting Love" on YouTube

"Wasting Love" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the third single from their ninth studio album, Fear of the Dark, released in 1992.

Synopsis[]

The song was a collaboration of singer Bruce Dickinson, and guitarist Janick Gers. The lyrics deal with the subject of loneliness brought on by sex outside the context of love.

The single was only officially released in the Netherlands, although different one-track promotional CDs exist, one for U.S. radio stations and another for Spain, which had the only vinyl version of the single.^[1]

The single cover is the third Iron Maiden single not to feature the band's iconic mascot Eddie on the front cover (the previous examples being "Running Free (live)" and "From Here to Eternity"). The cover photo alludes to the music video, which portrays a man tattooing the names of women all over his body. The song's video was directed by Samuel Bayer.

The guitar solo in "Wasting Love" is played by Janick Gers.

B-sides[]

The B-side features three live tracks recorded at London's Wembley Arena on the "No Prayer On The Road" tour to support the No Prayer for the Dying album in 1990.^[2] These live recordings of "Tailgunner", "Holy Smoke" and "The Assassin" are also available on a very rare Australian digi-pack (CD) version of the Fear of the Dark album that was released to promote the Australian leg of the tour in 1992.

Track listing[]

CD-Maxi Single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wasting Love" (radio edit)	Bruce Dickinson Janick Gers	4:52
2.	"Tailgunner" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990)	Steve Harris Dickinson	4:04
3.	"Holy Smoke" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990)	Harris Dickinson	3:34
4.	"The Assassin" (live at Wembley Arena, London, England, 17 December 1990)	Harris	4:25

7" Canada Single

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wasting Love" (radio edit)	Dickinson Gers	4:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Wasting Love" (album version)	Dickinson Gers	5:46

Personnel[]

References[]

^ "Wasting Love Vinyl". Discogs. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "No Prayer On The Road". The Iron Maiden Commentary. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

Marco Gamba; Nicola Visintini (2001). Iron Maiden Companion. Moving Media & Arts. ISBN 3-931624-87-0.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Covered by 80 Rock Tribute Group - Son of Jorel's Tribute to 80s Rock (2003)

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[wls-1] "Wasting Love Vinyl". Discogs. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

[prayer-2] "No Prayer On The Road". The Iron Maiden Commentary. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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