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Through The Wire
Kanye West
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- Album
- The College Dropout
- Released
- 2004
- Genres
- rap
- Length
- 3:41
- Tempo
- 83 BPM
- Label
- Roc-A-Fella
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About this song
Kanye West recorded the original version of the track while his mouth was still wired shut after he crashed his car and fractured his jaw in October 2002. The song samples Chaka Khan's "Through The Fire". It was later certified platinum on November 20, 2018.
Fun facts
- Samples “Player's Ball (Remix Version) by OutKast” and “Through the Fire by Chaka Khan”.
- Sampled in 11 other songs, like “Through the Wire by HiddenSoup”.
- Covered 2 times, including “Through The Water by TM Records”.
- Written by Cynthia Weil, David Foster, Kanye West and Tom Keane.
- Produced by Kanye West.