Wire

Song Info On Wire

Primarily Found On:

Welcome To Sarajevo - OST

Also Found On:

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The End Credits of the film "Welcome To Sarajevo"

First Released On:

9th December 1997

Duration:

05:54 (End Titles)

Variations/Remixes:

Vocal Edit - This is the only studio produced version available featuring Sara Jay's vocals. Only appears during the end credits sequence of the film Welcome to Sarajevo. It frustratingly, fades out roughly around the midpoint of the song as the end credits also fade to black.

End Titles - An instrumental version of the track without Sara Jays vocals. Apart from this fact, the track is also mixed and arranged differently to the vocal edit version. Appears only on the soundtrack album to the film "Welcome To Sarajevo".

Credits:

Written by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall,Andrew Vowles and Sara Jay

Produced by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall and Andrew Vowles

Engineering and programming by Doc Savage

Strings arranged by Craig Armstrong

Sampled:

Seminal post-punk rockers Wire's song "Former Airline" was sampled for Wire. It would be speculative to say that the Massive Attack song Wire, gets its namesake from the very band they sampled from. It appears primarily on Wire's reissue's of their 1978 release Chairs Missing. It is not credited officially by Massive Attack.

Covered:

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Vocalist(s):

Sara Jay appears on the Vocal Edit version of Wire only. Likewise the lyrics below only apply to Vocal Edit version.

Lyrics:

Is it close?
Maybe close enough to touch?
It's what you wanted for so long
And soon we'll all be here
It is still
And it's enough that you don't know
When all you needed was to care
And late is never again
Are you thoughtful?
Are you simple?
Are you beautiful?

what will you do when it all falls down
what will you do when it all falls down
Let it all fall down (all fall down)
Let it all fall down (all fall down)

So love if love
Is all that you believe
It's all about
To love if love
Is all that you believe
To love it learn
Is all about
Is all that you believe
It comes around
To where it all began
And it's all down to the victor
Is all you believe
And it comes around
To where it all began
And it's all down to the victor
Is all that you believe

History:

The director of film Welcome To Sarajevo, Michael Winterbottom specially commissioned Massive Attack to contribute to the soundtrack to the film while he was lensing the movie back in 1996.

Additional Info:

Wire is an elusive and much sought after track to many Massive Attack fans. No one definite version of the song exists, however the live version is probably the closest to the final version desired by many fans.

One of three songs recorded with vocalist Sara Jay, the other two being Dissolved Girl and an unknown, unreleased song.

Neil Davidge is credited as "Doc Savage" in the inner sleeve credits of the soundtrack album to "Welcome To Sarajevo". This is the only other occurrence besides the Risingson single release where he is credited as such.

This is also one of only six songs to have a Craig Armstrong involvement, the others being Weather Storm, Sly, Heat Miser,I Want You and Nature Boy.

Live Appearances:

Wire along with a sampling of a few Mezzanine-bound tracks were first played during the 1997 tour partly to gauge crowd reactions to these newly demoed songs. It's live debut to be exact was at the Royal Dublin Showgrounds,in Dublin,Ireland on 21st June 1997. It was usually the penultimate or even final track played on many shows. Sara Jay herself provided vocals for the track on this tour along with an early demo version of Dissolved Girl. Debbie Miller usually accompanied her on stage doing backing vocals for the song. Sara Jay along with Wire have never appeared on a subsequent tour.

Quotes:

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