What a Waste
1978 song performed by Ian Dury
"What a Waste" is a song and single by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, originally released in 1978 on the Stiff Records single BUY 27 "What a Waste" / "Wake Up and Make Love with Me". The song has remained in The Blockheads' set following Dury's death.
| "What a Waste" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Ian Dury & The Blockheads | ||||
| B-side | "Wake Up and Make Love with Me" | |||
| Released | April 14, 1978 (U.K.) | |||
| Recorded | December 16, 1977 | |||
| Genre | Punk-funk, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Stiff Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ian Dury / Rod Melvin | |||
| Ian Dury & The Blockheads singles chronology | ||||
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Personnel
change- Ian Dury - vocals
- The Blockheads
- Chaz Jankel - keyboards, guitars, musical direction
- John Turnbull - guitars
- Mick Gallagher - keyboards
- Davey Payne - saxophones
- Norman Watt-Roy - bass
- Charley Charles - drums
