Wire to Wire

"Wire to Wire"
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
"Hold On"
(2007)		 "Wire to Wire"
(2008)		 "Hostage Of Love"
(2009)

"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

  1. "Wire To Wire" - 3:01
  2. "Killing Casanova" (Band Version) - 3:44
  3. "Moscow Hotel" - 3:25

Charts and certifications

Year-end

End of year chart (2009) Position
German Singles Chart [5] 6

Decade-end charts

(2000–2009) Position
German Singles Chart[6] 64

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[7] Platinum 300,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Razorlight announce new album details - exclusive". NME. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Razorlight: "Wire To Wire"". MSN Music. 2008-09-10. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  3. ↑ "Razorlight "Wire To Wire" music video credits". 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
  4. ↑ "VIDEO: Behind the Scenes at Emma Watson's Burberry Shoot". 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  5. ↑ http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2009
  6. ↑ "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download - RTL.de". rtl.de. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Razorlight; 'Wire to Wire')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

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