| "Wasted Years" | ||||
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| Single by Iron Maiden | ||||
| from the album Somewhere in Time | ||||
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| Released | August 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 5:06[1] | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Adrian Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |||
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| "Wasted Years" on YouTube | ||||
"Wasted Years" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is the band's fourteenth single released and the first from their sixth studio album, Somewhere in Time (1986). Released in 1986, it was the first single solely written by guitarist Adrian Smith, who also sings backing vocals.
The song reached number 18 in the UK Singles Charts, as well as the top 10 in Finland and the Netherlands' Single Top 100.