Wasting Time (Kid Rock song)

"Wasting Time"
Single by Kid Rock
from the album Devil Without a Cause
Released May 1, 2000
Recorded Temper Mill Studios, Detroit, Michigan
Genre Rap rock
Southern rock
Length 4:02
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) R.J. Ritchie, M. Shafer, L. Buckingham
Producer Kid Rock
Kid Rock singles chronology
"Cowboy"
(1999)
"Wasting Time"
(2000)
"Only God Knows Why"
(2000)

"Wasting Time" was the final single from Kid Rock's album Devil Without a Cause. The song blended bouncy hip hop vocals over a bluesy riff and gospel vocals provided by Thornetta Davis. The song's bass line sampled Fleetwood Mac's classic "Second Hand News".

The song peaked at #35 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks with no music video accompanying it. There was a live version released on the "Only God Knows Why" single. It was from Rochester, New York concert, performed on March 21, 1999.

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 35