Wastelands (song)

"Wastelands"
Single by Linkin Park
from the album The Hunting Party
Released	June 1, 2014
Recorded	2013–2014
Genre	Alternative metal nu metal rap metal
Length	3:10 (radio edit) 3:15 (album version)
Label	Warner Bros. Machine Shop
Songwriter(s)	Linkin Park
Producer(s)	Mike Shinoda Brad Delson Rob Cavallo (co.)
Linkin Park singles chronology
"Until It's Gone" (2014) "Wastelands" (2014) "Rebellion" (2014)
Music video
"Wastelands (Music Video)" on YouTube "Wastelands (Official Lyric Video)" on YouTube

"Wastelands" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park from their sixth studio album, The Hunting Party. The song was written by the band and produced by co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson, and co-produced by Rob Cavallo. "Wastelands" was sent to Sirius XM Radio radio stations in airplay on June 1, 2014, and was then released as the third official single on June 2. Although, a 44 seconds long preview of the song was aired before, and a minute long preview was used in the promotion of UFC on the date of release of the song.^[1] Later on the song was used as the theme song for "UFC".^[2] The cover of the song was available three days before the release of the song at SoundCloud. The song can be streamed on Sirius XM.^[3] It is also a playable song on the music video game Guitar Hero Live.