"The Wheel" is a song by the English musician
PJ Harvey. It is the tenth track and lead
single from her ninth
studio album, ''
The Hope Six Demolition Project
''The Hope Six Demolition Project'' is the ninth studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey, released on 15 April 2016 on Island Records. The album is Harvey's first since her acclaimed Mercury Prize-winning album ''Let Eng ...
'', and was released digitally on 22 January 2016 and physically on 4 March 2016 on
Island Records.
The song was premiered on
Steve Lamacq
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Early life
He attended The Ramsey Academ ...
's show on
BBC Radio 6 Music
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on 21 January 2016, the day before its release. ''
Pitchfork
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'' would later list "The Wheel" on their ranking of the 100 best songs of 2016 at number 80.
Background of the song and making of the music video
The music video for "The Wheel" was released on 1 February 2016 and was directed by Séamus Murphy. In a statement to
Noisey, Harvey said:
[
In his statement to Noisey, Murphy, a famous conflict zone photographer, described the inspiration for the song, video, and the project as a whole:]
Track listing
References
External links
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2016 singles
2016 songs
Garage punk songs
Island Records singles
PJ Harvey songs
Songs written by PJ Harvey
Vagrant Records singles
Music videos shot in Kosovo