"Don't Waste Your Time" is a song by American pop-rock singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson. It was written by Clarkson, Fredrik Rinman, Jimmy Messer, and Malcolm Pardon, sampling riffs from Ira Losco's "Uh Oh". It is the second and final European single from Clarkson's third studio album, My December, released in several European countries via iTunes on November 16, 2007. It was released as a CD single in Germany on December 14, 2007. (See 2007 in music). In Australia, it was promoted as the album's third single in February 2008, in time for the Australian leg of the My December Tour.