{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use British English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox song | name = What a Waster | cover = Libertines-WhatAWaster.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = The Libertines | album = | B-side = I Get Along | released = {{Start date|2002|06|03|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Garage rock|indie rock|punk rock}} | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=58}} | label = Rough Trade | writer = {{hlist|Carl Barât|Pete Doherty}} | producer = Bernard Butler | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Up the Bracket | next_year = 2002 }}
"'''What a Waster'''" is the debut single by English rock band The Libertines. The song received little airplay because it contains frequent profanity. "What a Waster" was initially left off the UK edition of the band's debut album ''Up the Bracket'' but was later included as the 13th track on a subsequent re-issue.
The song was used in the film ''The Football Factory''.
==Reception== ''NME'' included the song at number 96 in their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, writing that the song "subscribed to all the classic pop single rules: under three minutes, catchy-as-hell, five chords max and instantly banned by broadcasters the world over."<ref>{{cite web|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 100-1|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-100-1-1421753|website=NME}}</ref>
== Track listing == All songs written by Pete Doherty and Carl Barât. ;7" # "What a Waster" – 2:58 # "I Get Along" – 2:53
;CD # "What a Waster" – 2:58 # "I Get Along" – 2:53 # "Mayday" – 1:03
==Chart performance== {| class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (2002) !align="left"|Peak<br>position<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=4235&sort=chartid |title=Libertines What A Waster @ Top40-Charts.com |accessdate=2007-10-26 |publisher=top40-charts.com}}</ref> |- |align="left"|UK Singles Chart |align="center"|37 |- |}
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Category:2002 songs Category:2002 debut singles Category:The Libertines songs Category:Rough Trade Records singles