The 15th

"The 15th"
Song by Wire from the album 154
Released September 1979
Genre Post-punk
Length 3:04
Label Harvest Records, pinkflag
Writer Colin Newman
Producer Mike Thorne
154 track listing
Two People in a Room
(2)		 "The 15th"
(3)		 The Other Window
(4)

The 15th is a song from the 1979 album 154 by the English rock band Wire. It was written by Colin Newman.

Contents

Fischerspooner cover

"The 15th"
Single by Fischerspooner
from the album #1
Format CD single
Genre Electroclash, Electronica, Electropop
Length 3:59
Label International DeeJay Gigolo Records, FS Studios, Ministry of Sound, Capitol
Writer(s) Colin Newman
Producer Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner singles chronology
"Emerge"
(2001)		 "The 15th"
(2002)		 "L.A. Song" / "Sweetness"
(2003)
Music video
"The 15th" on YouTube

Electroclash band Fischerspooner covered "The 15th" as the second single from their debut album #1.

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs[1] 21

Other cover versions

The Jay Reatard project Angry Angles covered the song on their Apparent-Transparent 7". Additionally, Beck has played the song live a couple of times.[2] French coldwave band Little Nemo covered the song on their 1990 EP "Cadavres Exquis". For the Wire tribute album Whore, the song was recorded by Mike Watt.

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p508735/charts-awards/billboard-singles Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  2. ^ http://www.whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/concertinfo.php?concertID=1013
Wire
Robert Gotobed · Graham Lewis · Colin Newman · Matt Simms (touring only)
Bruce Gilbert (until 2004) · Margaret Fiedler McGinnis (touring only)
Studio albums
Other albums
Singles and EPs
Related articles
Fischerspooner
Albums
Singles
"Emerge" • "The 15th" • "L.A. Song" / "Sweetness" • "Just Let Go"• "Never Win" • "A Kick In The Teeth" / "All We Are" • "We Need A War" • "The Best Revenge" • "Danse En France" • "Supply & Demand" • "We Are Electric"
Record labels