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| "The 15th" | |
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| Song by Wire | |
| from the album 154 | |
| Released | September 1979 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:04 |
| Label | Harvest Records, pinkflag |
| Songwriter(s) | Colin Newman |
| Producer(s) | Mike Thorne |
The 15th is a song from the 1979 album 154 by the English rock band Wire, written by Colin Newman. [2]
| "The 15th" | ||||
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| Single by Fischerspooner | ||||
| from the album #1 | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | International DeeJay Gigolo Records, FS Studios, Ministry of Sound, Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Colin Newman | |||
| Producer(s) | Fischerspooner | |||
| Fischerspooner singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "The 15th" on YouTube | ||||
The electroclash band Fischerspooner covered "The 15th" as the second single from its 2001 debut album #1 . [3] It was also covered by Jay Reatard's Angry Angles project. [4]
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