"Wire to Wire"
Single by Razorlight
from the album Slipway Fires
Released27 October 2008 (2008-10-27)
Studio
  • Air
  • Fish Factory
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)

"Wire to Wire" is a song by English indie 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 is a piano-led ballad, described as "slow-burning".[2]

The song marked the band's fourth UK top-five single and their fifth to chart in the UK top 10. It peaked at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, and No. 3 in Germany and Austria. The song has also peaked No. 8 in Switzerland, No. 13 in Flanders, No. 23 in Ireland, and No. 71 in the Netherlands. It spent only seven weeks in the UK top 100, less than each of the first three singles from the preceding album Razorlight. 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 listings

European 7-inch single[5]

A. "Wire to Wire" – 2:58
B. "The Other Girl" – 1:54

European CD single[5]

  1. "Wire to Wire" – 3:01
  2. "Killing Casanova" – 1:55

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[21] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ a b "Razorlight announce new album details – exclusive". NME. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Razorlight: "Wire To Wire"". MSN Music. 10 September 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Razorlight "Wire To Wire" music video credits". 16 March 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  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.
  5. ^ a b c "Razorlight – Wire to Wire" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Razorlight – Wire to Wire" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Razorlight – Wire to Wire" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Hits of the World – Euro Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 121, no. 10. 14 March 2009. p. 54. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Razorlight – Wire to Wire" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Razorlight – Wire to Wire" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Razorlight – Wire to Wire". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart 2008" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Jahreshitparade Singles 2009". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2009" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Year End Charts: European Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2009" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2009". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Gratis: 'Hits des neuen Jahrtausend'-Liste" [Free: 'Hits of the New Millennium' List] (in German). RTL. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Razorlight; 'Wire to Wire')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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