Wire to Wire (song)

"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]

For the term used in sports, see wire-to-wire.
"Wire to Wire"
Single by Razorlight
from the album Slipway Fires
Released27 October 2008
Recorded2008
Air Studios, Fish Factory Studios
GenreAlternative rock, soft rock, piano rock, power ballad
Length3:01
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Johnny Borrell
Producer(s)Mike Crossey
Razorlight singles chronology
"Hold On"
(2007)		 "Wire to Wire"
(2008)		 "Hostage Of Love"
(2009)

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

References
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  2. "Razorlight: "Wire To Wire"". MSN Music. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
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  4. "VIDEO: Behind the Scenes at Emma Watson's Burberry Shoot". 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
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  12. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2009". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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  14. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  15. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2009 – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  16. "Die ultimative Chart Show | Hits des neuen Jahrtausends | Download - RTL.de". rtl.de. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  17. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Razorlight; 'Wire to Wire')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  18. "British single certifications – Razorlight – America". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type America in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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