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Released on Edsel Records, also Circle in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle), My Insatiable One (Suede) and I Could Be Happy (Altered Images)
Written by Ian Dury, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Wake Up and Make Love With Me (Ian Dury) and Sweet Gene Vincent (Ian Dury)
Part of Do It Yourself, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Inbetweenies and I Want to Be Straight
Written by Chaz Jankel, also Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Wake Up and Make Love With Me (Ian Dury) and Sweet Gene Vincent (Ian Dury)
Credits
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- Written by
- Charley Charles, Chaz Jankel, Ian Dury, John Turnbull, Mick Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy and Rod Melvin
- Part of
- Do It Yourself
- Released on
- Edsel Records
- Written by
- Charley Charles, Chaz Jankel, Ian Dury, John Turnbull, Mick Gallagher, Norman Watt-Roy and Rod Melvin
- Part of
- Do It Yourself
- Released on
- Edsel Records
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Ian Dury
Same writer: Mick Gallagher
Same label: Edsel Records
Same writer: Ian Dury
Same writer: Mick Gallagher
Same writer: Norman Watt-Roy
Same label: Edsel Records
Same release: Do It Yourself
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1MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Charley Charles
What a Waste! was written by Charley Charles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Chaz Jankel
What a Waste! was written by Chaz Jankel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Ian Dury
4MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by John Turnbull
What a Waste! was written by John Turnbull
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Mick Gallagher
What a Waste! was written by Mick Gallagher
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Norman Watt-Roy
What a Waste! was written by Norman Watt-Roy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What a Waste! was written by Rod Melvin
8MusicBrainz What a Waste! is part of the release Do It Yourself
What a Waste! is part of the release Do It Yourself
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Edsel Records is the label of the song What a Waste!
Edsel Records is the label of the song What a Waste!
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz What a Waste! was released on 1978-04-14
What a Waste! was released on 1978-04-14
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026