Duet is first for the pair
John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen come together for the first time with the new single, “Wasted Days.” The duet is unveiled alongside an official music video directed and produced by filmmaker and frequent Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny. Mellencamp and Springsteen filmed the video together in New Jersey this September.
“How many summers still remain / How many days are lost in vain / Who’s counting now these last remaining years/How many minutes do we have here,” Mellencamp reflects in the opening verse.
The pair join together during the chorus, “Wasted days / Wasted days / We watch our lives just fade away to more wasted days.”
Springsteen takes the second verse that examines, “How much sorrow is there left to climb / How many promises are worth a dime / Who on Earth is worth our time / Is there a heart here I can call mine.”
The country-tinged track is the first single off of Mellencamp’s forthcoming album slated for release in 2022.
