Wasabi (Lee Harding song)
{{Short description|2005 single by Lee Harding}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Wasabi
| cover = Wasabi-EyeOfTheTiger.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Lee Harding
| album = What's Wrong with This Picture?
| A-side = Eye of the Tiger
| released = {{start date|2005|12|12|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue824.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 12th December 2005|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=12 December 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20051219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20051220-0000/issue824.pdf|archive-date=19 December 2005|access-date=24 May 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
| recorded = 2005
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 5:43
| label = Sony BMG
| writer = Adrian Hannan, Barbara Hannan, Emma Graham, Tommy Rando
| producer = Adrian Hannan
| title2 = Eye of the Tiger
| next_title = Anything for You
| next_year = 2006
}}
"Wasabi" is a song written by Adrian Hannan, Barbara Hannan, Emma Graham and Tommy Rando, produced by Adrian Hannan for Australian singer Lee Harding's debut album, What's Wrong with This Picture? (2006). Harding was a contestant on season three of Australian Idol (July–November 2005).{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/update-lee-harding/news-story/2272e9a9cc91f4040dfbd15c9e00cf9f|title=SonyBMG drops Australian Idol star Lee Harding|work=news.com.au|publisher=News Corp Australia|date=17 March 2009|access-date=13 February 2018}}
Harding's debut single was issued on 12 December 2005 as a double A-side with his cover version of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". It peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 1 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks. In 2009, a Herald Sun poll ranked "Wasabi" as the seventh-worst Australian song of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/whats-your-worst-aussie-song/story-e6frf7jo-1111118453694|title=Vote on your worst ever Australian song|last=Adams|first=Cameron|website=Herald Sun|date=2 January 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130920193335/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/whats-your-worst-aussie-song/story-e6frf7jo-1111118453694|archive-date=20 September 2013|access-date=24 May 2021}}
Track listing
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2005–2006)
!scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Lee Harding|song=Wasabi / Eye of the Tiger|access-date=18 June 2019|refname="aus"}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2006/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006|publisher=ARIA|access-date=24 May 2021}}
| 8 |
| scope="row"| Australian Artists (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2006/australian-artist-singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Australian Singles for 2006|publisher=ARIA|access-date=24 May 2021}}
| 4 |
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Certification
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certyear=2005|access-date=18 June 2019}}
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