The Wire (Haim song)

"The Wire"
Single by Haim
from the album Days Are Gone
ReleasedAugust 9, 2013
Recorded2012
Genre
Length4:05 (album)
3:36 (radio edit)
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Haim singles chronology
"Falling"
(2013) 		"The Wire"
(2013) 		"If I Could Change Your Mind"
(2014)
Music video
"The Wire" on YouTube

"The Wire" is the fourth single from American rock band Haim's debut studio album, Days Are Gone (2013), released in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2013.[3] The song had previously been released on US radio on September 17, 2013.[4] The song peaked at number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, and at number 25 in the Billboard Hot Rock Songs. It also went platinum in Australia, and featured at number 11 in radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 Countdown of 2013. The song ranked highly at number 6 on Pitchfork Top 100 Tracks of 2013 list.[5] and at number 91 on Pitchfork 200 Best Songs of the 2010s list.[6] It was number 16 on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Best Songs of 2013 list.[7] A music video to accompany the release of "The Wire" was first released onto YouTube on August 12, 2013, at a total length of four minutes and fourteen seconds.[8] The video features an appearance from comedian Jorma Taccone.[9]

  1. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (June 28, 2018). "The 100 Greatest Songs of the Century – So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2023. ..."The Wire" sounded like...some brilliant retro-rock fan fiction.
  2. ^ a b Pitchfork Staff (October 7, 2019). "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 22, 2022. The song has the group's three sisters...mastering a soft rock-meets-'90s R&B sound infused with Laurel Canyon vibes...
  3. ^ iTunes - Music - The Wire - Single by HAIM
  4. ^ "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. September 10, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "The Top 100 tracks of 2013". pitchfork.com. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  6. ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s". pitchfork.com. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  7. ^ "100 Best Songs of 2013". Rolling Stone. 4 December 2013.
  8. ^ HAIM - The Wire on YouTube
  9. ^ Video: Haim: "The Wire", Featuring the Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone Pitchfork Media