| "Wasting Love" | ||||
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||||
| from the album Fear of the Dark | ||||
| B-side | "Tailgunner (live)" "Holy Smoke (live)" "The Assassin (live)" |
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| Released | September 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 5:50 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Writer(s) | Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers | |||
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"Wasting Love" is the third single from the Iron Maiden album Fear of the Dark, released in 1992. This song represents Iron Maiden's first and currently only power ballad released as a single to date.
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 two different one-track promotional CDs exist, and were sent to U.S. radio stations. "Wasting Love" was the first Iron Maiden single that was not released on vinyl.
The B-side features three live tracks recorded at London's Wembley Arena on December 17, 1990, on the tour to support the No Prayer for the Dying album.
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.