"The Wire" is the fourth single from American rock band

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's debut studio album, ''

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'' (2013), released in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2013. The song had previously been released on US radio on September 17, 2013. The song peaked at number 16 in the

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, and at number 25 in the '' Billboard''

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. It also went platinum in Australia, and featured at number 11 in radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 Countdown of 2013. The song ranked highly at number 6 on ''

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'' Top 100 Tracks of 2013 list. and at number 91 on ''

'' 200 Best Songs of the 2010s list. It was number 16 on ''

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'' magazine's 100 Best Songs of 2013 list. A music video to accompany the release of "The Wire" was first released onto YouTube on August 12, 2013, at a total length of four minutes and fourteen seconds. The video features an appearance from comedian

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.Video: Haim: "The Wire", Featuring the Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone

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In popular culture

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of '' Revenge''. *The song appears in the 2014 film ''

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''. *The song appears in the first episode ("300") of season fourteen of ''

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''. *The song appears in the trailer of the 2017 film '' Home Again''.

References

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