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Live Wire
Mötley Crüe
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- Album
- The Dirt Soundtrack
- Released
- 2000
- Genres
- glam metal, glam rock, hard rock
- Length
- 3:14
- Tempo
- 112 BPM
- Label
- Eleven Seven Music
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About this song
Live Wire was released as the band's debut single on August 16, 1982, and it originally appeared on their 1981 debut album Too Fast for Love. In May 2006, VH1 ranked it #17 on its list of the 40 greatest metal songs of all time. The song was remixed in 1991 alongside Piece of Your Action for the compilation Decade of Decadence.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “I'm Alive by Heaven's Tea”.
- Covered 6 times, including “Live Wire by Refused”.
- Written by Nikki Sixx.
- Produced by Mötley Crüe.
- Recorded at Hit City West.