"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.

Linkin Park takes you on a sonic roller-coaster ride as they play around with the tempo and ambiance of the song".

The song was always played after "The Catalyst", and before "One Step Closer" or "Burn It Down" (in a pair of shows during the South American leg only).

In a track-by-track review by Billboard, the song praised Bennington singing about the "wasteland of today" as "one of those timeless and universal declarations of discontent that doesn't have to mean a damn thing.