Wire to Wire (song)
| "Wire to Wire" | ||||
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| Single by Razorlight | ||||
| from the album Slipway Fires | ||||
| Released | 27 October 2008 | |||
| Format | CD single, digital download | |||
| Recorded |
2008 Air Studios, Fish Factory Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, soft rock, piano rock | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Writer(s) | Johnny Borrell | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Crossey | |||
| Razorlight singles chronology | ||||
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"Wire to Wire" is a song by Anglo-Swedish rock band Razorlight, written by singer Johnny Borrell, from their third album Slipway Fires. It was officially released as the album's first single on 27 October 2008.[1] It was released for downloads digitally, however, on 26 September.[1]
The song marked the band's fourth UK Top 5 single and their fifth to chart in the UK Top 10. It peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart, and #3 in Germany and Austria. The song has also peaked #8 in Swiss, #13 in Belgium (Flanders) #23 in Ireland and #71 in the Dutch singles charts. However, it underperformed in comparison to some of their previous singles and Slipway Fires is now their first album to fail to produce a top three single. It spent only 7 weeks in the UK Top 100, less than each of the first three singles from the preceding album Razorlight.
The song is a piano-led ballad, described as "slow-burning".[2]
The accompanying music video was shot by Oscar nominated feature film director Stephen Frears.[3]
The track was used as part of Burberry's introductory advertisement in its Fall/Winter 2009 collection.[4]
Track listing
- "Wire To Wire" - 3:01
- "Killing Casanova" (Band Version) - 3:44
- "Moscow Hotel" - 3:25
Charts and certifications
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References
- 1 2 "Razorlight announce new album details - exclusive". NME. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ "Razorlight: "Wire To Wire"". MSN Music. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
- ↑ "Razorlight "Wire To Wire" music video credits". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ↑ "VIDEO: Behind the Scenes at Emma Watson's Burberry Shoot". 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2009 Archived 30 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download - RTL.de". rtl.de. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Razorlight; 'Wire to Wire')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.