Totally Wired
| "Totally Wired" | ||||
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| Single by The Fall | ||||
| A-side | "Totally Wired" | |||
| B-side | "Putta Block" | |||
| Released | September 1980 | |||
| Format | 7" 45rpm | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark E. Smith (lyrics), Marc Riley, Craig Scanlon, Paul Hanley | |||
| The Fall singles chronology | ||||
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"Totally Wired" is a song by the Fall. Released in September 1980, the single became one of their signature tracks. The track subsequently appeared on CD reissues of their album Grotesque (After the Gramme). The track reached no. 2 in the UK Independent Singles Chart and no. 25 in New Zealand.[1][2]
The song has been sampled by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu on their album 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) and covered by Terry Edwards, Chris Cacavas, and the Last Shadow Puppets on their 2016 EP The Dream Synopsis. The Last Shadow Puppets' performance of the song at Manchester's Castlefield Bowl on 10th July 2016 saw them joined by legendary Manchester guitarist Johnny Marr[3], who had earlier admitted to being 'obsessed' with the song [4].
The track appeared in John Peel's Festive Fifty in both 1980 and 1981, reaching 21 and 56 respectively and number 34 on All Time Festive Fifty broadcast in 2000.[5] Subsequently it appeared at #57 on the "100 Greatest Singles of the Post-Punk Era" published by Uncut in 2001,[6] in Gary Mulholland's book This is Uncool – The 500 Greatest Singles since Punk and Disco, published in 2003 , and in the Guide To the (500) Greatest Songs from Punk To the Present published by Pitchfork published in 2014. [7]
In a dismissive review on its release, Danny Baker said in NME: "Totally Wired is ugly, and terribly produced – yes it does matter!" and "I can't see there's an audience for The Fall's constant verbal battering.[8]
Track listings
All songs written and composed by the Fall (Mark E. Smith, Craig Scanlon, Marc Riley and Paul Hanley).[9]
- "Totally Wired" (7")
| Side A | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Totally Wired" | 3:25 |
| Side B | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Putta Block" | 4:35 |
References
- ↑ Lazell, Barry (1997) Indie Hits 1980-1989, Cherry Red Books, ISBN 0-9517206-9-4, p. 83
- ↑ "charts.org.nz – Discography The Fall". 2006–2010 Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑
- "Cover versions of Totally Wired". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "Watch Alex Turner and Johnny Marr cover The Falls Totally Wired". NME.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ Rogan, Johnny (1993). Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-3000-7.
- ↑ "John Peel's Festive Fifty". Rocklist.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "Uncut Lists". Rocklist.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ "Steve Parker – Pitchfork 500". Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ↑ Baker, Danny (6 September 1980), "Singles", New Musical Express, p. 21
- ↑ "Totally Wired – The Fall". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 January 2018.