The 15th

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"The 15th"
Song by Wire from the album 154
Released September 1979
Genre Post-punk
Length 3:04
Label Harvest Records, pinkflag
Writer Colin Newman
Producer Mike Thorne
154 track listing
Two People in a Room
(2)		 "The 15th"
(3)		 The Other Window
(4)

The 15th is a song from the 1979 album 154 by the English rock band Wire. It was written by Colin Newman.

Contents

[edit] Fischerspooner cover

"The 15th"
Single by Fischerspooner
from the album #1
Format CD single
Genre Electroclash, Electronica, Electropop
Length 3:59
Label International DeeJay Gigolo Records, FS Studios, Ministry of Sound, Capitol
Writer(s) Colin Newman
Producer Fischerspooner
Fischerspooner singles chronology
"Emerge"
(2001)		 "The 15th"
(2002)		 "L.A. Song" / "Sweetness"
(2003)
Music video
"The 15th" on YouTube

Electroclash band Fischerspooner covered "The 15th" as the second single from their debut album #1.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs[1] 21

[edit] Other cover versions

The Jay Reatard project Angry Angles covered the song on their Apparent-Transparent 7". Additionally, Beck has played the song live a couple of times.[2] French coldwave band Little Nemo covered the song on their 1990 EP "Cadavres Exquis". For the Wire tribute album Whore, the song was recorded by Mike Watt.


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p508735/charts-awards/billboard-singles Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  2. ^ http://www.whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/concertinfo.php?concertID=1013
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  • "I Am the Fly"
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  • "Emerge"
  • "The 15th"
  • "L.A. Song" / "Sweetness"
  • "Just Let Go"
  • "Never Win"
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  • "We Need A War"
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