Time to Waste

"Time to Waste"
Single by Alkaline Trio
from the album Crimson
Released June 27, 2005
Format CD, DVD, 7"
Recorded 2004–2005 at Conway Studios, Los Angeles
Genre Punk rock
Label Vagrant
Writer(s) Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, Derek Grant
Producer(s) Jerry Finn
Alkaline Trio singles chronology
"All on Black"
(2003)
"Time to Waste"
(2005)
"Mercy Me"
(2005)

"Time to Waste" is a song by the Chicago-based punk rock band Alkaline Trio, released as the first single from their 2005 album Crimson. It peaked at #40 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, #32 on the UK Singles Chart, and #97 on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles.[1][2][3] It was backed with the B-side songs "We Can Never Break Up" and "Don't Say You Won't" from the album's recording sessions.

The song's music video, directed by Linkin Park's Joseph Hahn, depicts the band performing "Time to Waste" in a hangar to the accompaniment of lighting effects and background projection screens.[4]

Track listing

CD versions

All songs written and composed by Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and Derek Grant. 

American version
No. Title Length
1. "Time to Waste"   4:11
2. "We Can Never Break Up"   3:10
Total length:
7:21
British version
No. Title Length
1. "Time to Waste"   4:11
2. "We Can Never Break Up"   3:10
3. "Don't Say You Won't"   2:21
Total length:
9:42

7" version

[5]

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Time to Waste"   4:11
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "Don't Say You Won't"   2:21
Total length:
6:32

DVD version

[6]

All songs written and composed by Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano, and Derek Grant. 

No. Title Length
1. "Time to Waste" (audio) 4:11
2. "Time To Waste" (music video) 4:19
3. "music video outtakes"    

Personnel

Band

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. "Alkaline Trio Album & Song Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  2. "Chart stats - Alkaline Trio". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  3. "Alkaline Trio Album & Song Chart History: European Hot 100". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  4. "Media: Alkaline Trio". vagrant.com. Vagrant Records. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  5. Time to Waste (Record sleeve). Alkaline Trio. Vagrant Records. 2005. VRUK013S.
  6. Time to Waste (DVD booklet). Alkaline Trio. Vagrant Records. 2005. p. 2. VRUK013DVD.

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