| The Taste of Ink | |
| Cover: | tasteofink2.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Used |
| Album: | The Used |
| Released: | September 2002 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Studio: | Foxy Studios in Marina del Rey, California, US |
| Length: | 3:28 |
| Label: | Reprise |
| Producer: | John Feldmann |
| Next Title: | Buried Myself Alive |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"The Taste of Ink" is the debut single by American rock band the Used from their self-titled debut album The Used. It was released to radio September 2002 along with a music video for TV directed by the Malloys. A music video was filmed in August.[1] A CD single was later released in March 2003 with contained a b-side, Christmas song, and music video. A demo version can be found on the band's demo album Demos from the Basement which was a CD distributed by the band in 2001 which was then called Used.[2]