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Wired for Sound (song)

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1981 single by Cliff Richard
"Wired for Sound"
Single byCliff Richard
from the albumWired for Sound
B-side"Hold On"
Released17 August 1981[1]
RecordedMay–July 1981
GenrePop rock
Length3:37
LabelEMI
SongwritersAlan Tarney,B.A. Robertson
ProducerAlan Tarney
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"A Little in Love"
(1981)		"Wired for Sound"
(1981)		"Daddy's Home"
(1981)
Music video
"Wired for Sound" onYouTube

"Wired for Sound" is a song recorded by English singerCliff Richard, released in 1981 as thelead single for his albumof the same name. The song reached number 4 in theUK Singles Chart and was certified silver by theBPI for sales over 250,000.[2][3] The song reached number 2 in Australia and South Africa, and was a hit in a number of European countries. The song was written byAlan Tarney andB.A. Robertson.

A live version of the song was released in 1990 as an extra track on Richard's CD and 12" single of "From a Distance".

The music video was filmed atMilton Keynes Shopping Centre.[4]

Chart performance and certifications

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1981–82)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6]11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7]8
Germany (GfK)[8]13
Ireland (IRMA)[9]6
Israel (Reshet Gimmel / IBA)[10]10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11]31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13]10
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[14][15]2
UK Singles (OCC)[2]4
USBillboard Hot 100[16]71
USCash Box Top 100[17]70

Year-end charts

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Chart (1981)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[18][19]52
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[20]93
UK Singles (OCC)[21]64
Chart (1982)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[22][19]29

Certifications

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Certifications forWired for Sound
RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[23]Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Covers

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In May 2000, Australian duoB(if)tek featuringJulee Cruise released anelectronic music cover version as a single from their album2020.[24] It reached number 82 in the Australian charts.[25]

English alternative rock bandShed Seven recorded a cover for an unreleased Cliff Richard tribute album. Their version was later released on the limited edition bonus CD of their greatest hits compilationGoing For Gold, released in 1999.

References

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  1. ^"The Cliff Richard Song Databasewebsite: Discography - Singles". cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved2018-03-17.
  2. ^ab"Search results for "Cliff Richard" | Official Chart".Official Charts Company.
  3. ^"UK certification Database".BPI. Archived fromthe original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved2018-03-18.
  4. ^"Shopping centre opened by Thatcher marks 40 years".BBC News. 25 September 2019.
  5. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970 – 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W.ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^"Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound" (in German).Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  7. ^"Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound" (in Dutch).Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  8. ^"Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German).GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  9. ^"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Cliff Richard".Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ^Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 31 October 1981. p. 101.ISSN 0006-2510.
  11. ^"Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46, 1981" (in Dutch).Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  12. ^"Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound" (in Dutch).Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  13. ^"Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound".Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  14. ^"South Africa Charts 1965-1989 - Springbok Radio / Radio Orion". Retrieved17 March 2018.
  15. ^Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 28 November 1981. pp. 69.ISSN 0006-2510.
  16. ^"Cliff Richard Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard.
  17. ^"Cash Box Top 100 Singles 24 Oct 1981". Retrieved17 March 2018.
  18. ^"National Top 100 Singles for 1981".Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved11 January 2022 – viaImgur.
  19. ^ab"Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved18 December 2016.
  20. ^"Jaaroverzichten 1981". Ultratop. Retrieved21 August 2021.
  21. ^"Top 100 - 1981". uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved17 March 2018.
  22. ^"National Top 100 Singles for 1982".Kent Music Report. 3 January 1983. Retrieved22 January 2023 – viaImgur.
  23. ^"British single certifications – Cliff Richard – Wired for Sound".British Phonographic Industry.
  24. ^B(if)tek featuringJulee Cruise (2000).Wired for Sound (CD single).Murmur.
  25. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011).Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.

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