Writing to Reach You

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"Writing to Reach You"
Single by Travis
from the album The Man Who
Released	March 8, 1999
Format	7", 12", CD, Cassette
Recorded	?
Genre	Rock, Britpop
Length	3:41
Label	Independiente
Producer(s)	Nigel Godrich
Chart positions
#14 (UK Singles Chart)
Travis singles chronology
"More Than Us" (1998)	"Writing to Reach You" (1999)	"Driftwood" (1999)

"Writing to Reach You" is the first single from Travis' second album, The Man Who. The single was released in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. It earned Travis their first appearance on Top of the Pops.

The song was written by Francis Healy, who admitted that he took the guitar chords from Oasis' "Wonderwall"; as an overt acknowledgement of this, the song contains the lyric "what's a Wonderwall anyway?". In 2004, both "Writing to Reach You" and "Wonderwall" were mixed in the popular mash up, "Boulevard of Broken Songs".

The video for "Writing to Reach You" was directed by John Hardwick. It featured Healy walking in the countryside and being attacked by a pair of innocent looking schoolchildren. They pelt him with stones and even ambush him with a Bf109.

[edit] Track listing

• 7" ISOM22S

1. "Writing to Reach You" –3:41
2. "Only Molly Knows" –3:20

• CD1 ISOM22MS

1. "Writing to Reach You" –3:41
2. "Green Behind the Ears" –3:39
3. "Only Molly Knows" –3:20

• CD2 ISOM22SMS

1. "Writing to Reach You" –3:41
2. "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" –3:49
3. "High As a Kite" –2:30

• Cassette ISOM22CS

1. "Writing to Reach You" –3:41
2. "Only Molly Knows" –3:20