"Re-Wired" is the second single from Kasabian's fourth album, Velociraptor!. First released digitally, the single has also been released as a limited 10 inch vinyl on 20 November 2011. Only 1,000 copies were made and were quickly sold out in 3 days through pre-orders. A part of the song was used at half time in live Premier League football matches on Sky Sports during the 2011/2012 season, when a small round up of incidents during the match was played before a commercial break.
Music video The band have released a video for the song, in which they drive various cars, being chased by a black 4x4. At the end they are caught and given a suitcase that glows as gold when opened and they remain speechless. Like the promo video for "Vlad The Impaler", this one also has a more humorous nature. In one scene, they are seen riding a five-seater bike, with Noel Fielding dressed up as Vlad the Impaler.
Track listing Signed 10"
iTunes Single
Promo CD
Personnel Kasabian Tom Meighan – lead vocals Sergio Pizzorno – guitars, synthesizers, backing vocals Chris Edwards – bass Ian Matthews – drums Additional personnel Gary Alesbrook – trumpet Mat Coleman – trombone Andrew Kinsman – saxophone London Metropolitan Orchestra – strings
Commercial performance In its second week of release, the song briefly cracked the Official UK Singles Chart at number 96 before falling off the chart. The main reason was the limited vinyl release, which was not a proper single. It slowly climbed on the Belgium Tip Chart, to 13 in Flanders and 35 in Wallonia.
Charts Chart (2011) Peakposition Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) 13 Scotland (OCC) 88 Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) 100 UK Singles (OCC) 96
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