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Through the Wire

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Through The Wire

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Kanye West - Through The Wire

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Through The Wire

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Kanye West-Through The Wire (Lyrics)

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Kanye plays 'Through The Wire' for Pharrell for the first time (2004)

"Through the Wire" is the debut single by American rapper Kanye West - this is as a lead artist, since his first appearance on a single was Abstract Mindstate's "Welcome 2 Chicago" in 2001. West wrote and recorded the song with his jaw wired shut after a car accident in October 2002. The song samples Chaka Khan's 1985 single "Through the Fire" and was released on September 30, 2003, as the lead single from his debut album The College Dropout (2004). The song was also featured on his 2003 mixtape I'm Good and earlier still on Get Well Soon which was released in 2002.
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