Wasteland (song)

"Wasteland" is a song performed by Billy Idol. It serves as the second track on Billy's fifth album, Cyberpunk. It was released on January, 1994, as the final promotional single of the album with "Neuromancer".
== Background ==
The lyric "no religion at all" was later used as the title of Idol's 1993 European tour: the No Religion Tour. The track, "Wasteland", did not receive a music video.
== Music and composition ==
Mark Frauenfelder on the Cyberpunk floppy disk:"The dogma and empty ritual of organized religio in the Western world creates alienation. The spiritual ecstasy experienced by Primitive people who are in touch with their natural environment strips away dogma, and allows examination of our inner being."
== Critical reception ==
2 Loud 2 Old Music opined:"The opening track is “Wasteland” which is a techno-wonder of grooves and beats mixed with Billy’s trademark vocals and growls plus some killer guitar work by Mark Younger-Smith (and there will be a lot of that)."https://2loud2oldmusic.com/2019/05/08/billy-idol-cyberpunk-album-review-the-billy-idol-series/The Rolling Stones opined:"“A fantasy scene in my machine gave me the secret of life,” Idol declares on “Wasteland.” Synthesizers burble and squeak; a sampled voice intones, “No religion at all.” It’s all very high-tech and foreboding. Soon enough, the inevitable heavy-metal guitars appear on the horizon; long before that, Billy lapses into his trademark rebel yells and party barks. Without a clever chorus to back him up, Idol’s mannered chutzpah turns into a deadly self-parody."https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/cyberpunk-191996/
== Lyrics ==
== Official versions ==
* Album version — 04:33
* Wasteland (Album Edit) — 03:58
* Wasteland (No Religion 11) — 03:58
* Wasteland (No Religion Mix) — 02:58
== Credits ==
Personnel
* Billy Idol — songwriting, vocals
* Mark Younger-Smith — songwriting
* Stephen Marcussen — mastering engineering
Technical
* Billy's Home Studio, Los Angeles, CA, United States
== References ==
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