Beautiful Waste

{{Infobox song

| name = Beautiful Waste

| cover = Beautiful_waste.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Triffids

| album =

| A-side = Beautiful Waste

| B-side = Property Is Condemned

| released = February 1984

| recorded = December 1983
Emerald City Studios, Sydney

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock, folk rock

| length = 6:14

| label = White Hot / Mushroom

| writer = David McComb

| producer = The Triffids

| prev_title = Spanish Blue

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = You Don't Miss Your Water

| next_year = 1985

}}

"Beautiful Waste" is a single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in February 1984.{{Cite book | last1 = McFarlane | first1 = Ian | authorlink1 = Ian McFarlane | title = Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop | chapter = Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids' | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040417003225/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 | url = http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=737 | accessdate = 19 May 2014 | year = 1999 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | location = St Leonards, NSW | archivedate = 17 April 2004 | isbn = 1-86508-072-1 }}{{cite web | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020728092009/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | url = http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/t/triffids.html | title = The Triffids | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Skjefte | first2 = Morten | first3 = Stefan | last3 = Warnqvist | first4 = Vince | last4 = Simonetti | work = Passagen.se | publisher = Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren) | archivedate = 28 July 2002 | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 19 May 2014 }} Not included on any of the band's studio albums nor extended plays, it was first compiled on Australian Melodrama (1994). Its B-side, "Property Is Condemned", was included on the 1984 EP Raining Pleasure. A film clip was made for "Beautiful Waste". Its name was adapted for a 2008 posthumous compilation of mid-1980s non-album tracks, Beautiful Waste and Other Songs.

In May 2008, Youth Group performed a cover version of "Beautiful Waste" on national radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" segment.{{cite web |url=http://www.triplej.net.au/ |title=Like A Version |publisher=ABC Radio |accessdate=2008-05-27| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080527070532/http://www.triplej.net.au/| archivedate= 27 May 2008 | url-status= live}} Youth Group's Toby Martin had previously filled in as one of the guest vocalists for a reformed The Triffids, at the Sydney Festival{{Cite web |url=http://sydneyfestival.org.au/events/metro_theatre/a_secret_in_the_shape_of_a_son_1.htm?nav=music&id=44&evid=5&series=undefined |title=2008 Sydney Festival line-up |access-date=2008-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102154840/http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/metro_theatre/a_secret_in_the_shape_of_a_son_1.htm?nav=music&id=44&evid=5&series=undefined |archive-date=2007-11-02 |url-status=dead }} performances earlier in that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.com.au/artists.cfm?id=81 |title=The Triffids latest news |publisher=Liberation Music |accessdate=2008-05-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720042132/http://www.liberation.com.au/artists.cfm?id=81 |archivedate=2008-07-20 |url-status=dead }}