For Keith Urban, ripCORD has already established itself as one of the most defining albums of his career. Now his latest single from the album, “Wasted Time,” has attributed it as becoming one of Urban’s most historic, garnering him his 18th, 19th, and now 20th number one single.
Written by Urban, Greg Wells and J Hart, his third consecutive single and number one from ripCORD is the perfect song for summer – Urban croons of ‘days gone by,’ (no pun intended), a time of being young and in love:
The rain is comin’ down tonight
I’m smilin’ lookin’ at this photograph
I hear that song and I’m flyin’ right back to when we
Had it made
Every Friday night when the sun went down
We’d be runnin’ them streets like we owned the town
The lyrics seem to take you back in time when you were in love, cruising the back roads with that special someone. A time when the freedom to live and hang out was what summer was about, when all there was to do was waste time.
When I think about those summer nights
Singin’ out the window on the back roads
Sweet child of mine
Sippin’ on the Loko’s, spark a light
Ain’t it funny how the best days of my life
Was all that wasted time
The mix of guitar, a little synthesizer, and anthem-like background vocals pulls you into that time and place, possessing the ability to evoke any memory one might have from their childhood, spending their summers…wasting time.
“Wasted Time” and ripCORD are both available wherever music is sold. Urban can be caught with openers Brett Eldredge and Maren Morris on his current ripCORD tour.