2013Released
4:05

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Wire. By Songfacts®.

This playful track originally appeared in Haim's 2012 Daytrotter session and featuring prominently in their live setlists, where it proved to be a favorite. When the sisters came to record the tune for their debut album they tried laying it down in a variety of different ways from raw rock 'n' roll to electronica. "It's like the hardest math problem ever, " Este Haim told NME. "We want to get it right – we love that song." The cut was released as a single on September 23, 2013.

The song's music video finds the Haim sisters dumping their respective partners. The clip co-stars Jorma Taccone of the Lonely Island as one of their spurned boyfriends. Taccone also had a recurring role on HBO's Girls.

"The Wire" shows up in the 2014 fantasy-comedy-horror movie Vampire Academy, and in the trailer for the 2017 rom-com Home Again. It also appears in these TV shows: Revenge ("Dissolution" - 2013) Bates Motel ("Gone But Not Forgotten" - 2014) Criminal Minds ("300" - 2018) Insecure ("High-Like" - 2018)

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Wire.
DKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
114BPM

Album

The album The Wire is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Wire.
Polydor Records
© 2013 HAIM Productions Inc., under exclusive licence to Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
℗ 2013 HAIM Productions Inc., under exclusive licence to Polydor Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd

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