"Wasted Time" is a song by Skid Row. It was their third single released from their second album, Slave to the Grind

Slave to the Grind

Slave to the Grind is Skid Row's second album, released on June 11, 1991. Slave to the Grind is notable for being the first heavy metal album to enter the Billboard 200 at #1 during the SoundScan era,....

. The song was released in 1991 and written by bandmates Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer who achieved mainstream success as frontman of Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. Since his departure from Skid Row, he has had many television roles, acted within Broadway plays, and leads a successful solo career.-Early life:Bach was born Sebastian...

, Rachel Bolan

Rachel Bolan

Rachel Bolan is the bass guitar player and main songwriter of the metal band, Skid Row. He was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA, where he founded the band in 1986 with the guitarist Dave "The Snake" Sabo. Bolan has appeared as a vocalist on two of the Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's solo...

 and Dave "the Snake" Sabo. It was also the band's last real hit on the U.S. charts. Lead singer Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach is a Canadian heavy metal singer who achieved mainstream success as frontman of Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. Since his departure from Skid Row, he has had many television roles, acted within Broadway plays, and leads a successful solo career.-Early life:Bach was born Sebastian...

 said the song was written about Steven Adler

Steven Adler

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, the original drummer of hard rock

Hard rock

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 band

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 Guns N' Roses

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The song reached #88 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, #30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks

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 and #20 on the UK Singles chart

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Track listing

1. "Wasted Time" (Edit)
2. "Psycho Love"
3. "Get The Fuck Out" (Live)
4. "Holidays in the Sun
   Holidays in the Sun
   "Holidays in the Sun" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released on 14 October 1977 as the fourth and final single from their only album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. A number eight chart hit in the UK, the single proved to be the last with singer...
   
   " (originally performed by Sex Pistols
   Sex Pistols
   The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
   
   )