War of Nerves

"War of Nerves"
A portrait of All Saints dressed in jackets, standing next to each other in a dark corridor.
Single by All Saints
from the album All Saints
B-side
Released 23 November 1998 (1998-11-23)
Format
Length 4:51
Label London
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cameron McVey
  • Magnus Fiennes
All Saints singles chronology
"Bootie Call"
(1998)		 "War of Nerves"
(1998)		 "Pure Shores"
(2000)
Music video
"War of Nerves" on YouTube


This article is about the All Saints single "War of Nerves", not to be confused with the Mr Ronz album A War of Nerves.

"War of Nerves" is a song by All Saints, which was released as the fifth and final single from their debut album, All Saints. In the UK it peaked at #7 in the charts.

Critical reception

Chuck Eddy from Rolling Stone wrote that the song "has an aptly unnerving prettiness".[1] Jon O'Brien from AllMusic said "the gorgeous, sweeping strings of soulful ballad 'War of Nerves' have aged better than most of their contemporaries' output".[2]

Charts and certification

Charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3] 13
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 79
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 50
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] 9
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 7

Certification

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[9] Silver 200,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Track listing

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "War of Nerves".

CD 1
1. "War of Nerves" ('98 Remix) 4:52
2. "Inside" 4:57
3. "War of Nerves" (Ganja Kru Dub) 9:13
4. "War of Nerves" (video) 5:11
CD 2
1. "War of Nerves" ('98 Remix) 4:52
2. "Always Something There to Remind Me" (live from the Burt Bacharach TV show) 3:20
3. "Never Ever" 6:28
Cassette/Two track
1. "War of Nerves" ('98 Remix) 4:52
2. "Inside" 4:57

Music video

The music video of "War of Nerves" is set in London's famous Met Bar[10] in the Metropolitan Hotel. It also features a London bus with an advertisement for All Saints which was visible in London for quite a while. Member Melanie Blatt's pregnancy was also written in the concept for the video as she would be shown singing in the shower, exposing her belly in a silhouette.[11] It also features a fight in a garage, between sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, they later comfort each other.

Remixes

"War of Nerves"

References

  1. ↑ Eddy, Chuck (13 February 1998). "All Saints: All Saints". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 1 March 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. ↑ O'Brien, Jon (27 September 2010). "Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints - All Saints". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – All Saints – War of Nerves" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – War of Nerves". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – All Saints – War of Nerves" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – All Saints – War of Nerves". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1998-11-29". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1998-11-29" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "British single certifications – All Saints – War of Nerves". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 October 2016. Enter War of Nerves in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  10. ↑ Worlds Best Bars Met Bar
  11. ↑ MelanieBlatt.co.uk Official Biography


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