War of Nerves

"War of Nerves"
A portrait of All Saints dressed in jackets, standing next to each other in a dark corridor.
Single by All Saints
from the album All Saints
B-side
Released23 November 1998 (1998-11-23)[1]
Length4:51
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cameron McVey
  • Magnus Fiennes
All Saints singles chronology
"Bootie Call"
(1998)
"War of Nerves"
(1998)
"Pure Shores"
(2000)
Music video
"War of Nerves" on YouTube

"War of Nerves" is a song by English girl group All Saints, released by London Records on 23 November 1998 as the fifth and final single from their debut album, All Saints. Group members Shaznay Lewis, Natalie Appleton and Nicole Appleton wrote the song with producers Cameron McVey and Magnus Fiennes. It is a ballad concerning mortality, inspired by the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. "War of Nerves" debuted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, making it the group's fifth consecutive single to chart in the top 10.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 21 November 1998. p. 23. Retrieved 13 July 2021.