wire wire debut single american hip hop artist kanye_west west wrote recorded song jaw wired shut car accident october song samples single fire released day september lead single debut studio album wire peaked number billboard hot received positive reviews music critics song nominated grammy award best rap solo performance lost jay-z problems music video financed west inspired advertisement won video year source hip hop awards conception october west california recording studio producing music leaving studio rented near fatal accident cut car ran head traffic collided car near hotel taken mentioned song hospital died jaw wired face surgery weeks admitted hospital recorded song jaw wired shut song title refers wires hold broken jaw asked incident changed music west stated thing accident saying hand world know given time away nearly lose life nearly lose mouth voice face rapper face looks crazy thank god situation wire worst thing possibly happen obviously best thing look exploded track circulated west soon officially released recorded form late initially trouble convincing executives let album rapper able change minds song release music reception wire inspired car accident west provided comedic account difficult recovery chorus samples pitched version single fire west receive writing credit song instead went wrote fire west rapping described meets flow twisting words patented popmatters called moving says album startling personal horror story song hope gratitude allmusic andy_kellman said daring way introduce masses couldn forged dual status champion better described content heartbreaking despite inevitable words ring loud clear described wounded hero beating odds gave chance prove exception rule producers rap stylus magazine called poignant pop culture packed account near fatal run rapping jaw source noted west element surprise advantage listed track classics created album hype pitchfork_media stated clever vibe magazine wrote west sideways approach music making stands track raw teeth narrative falls line soul beats grammy awards track nominated best rap solo performance won jay-z problems chart performance wire debuted number ninety billboard hot peaked number weeks remained chart weeks performed better urban contemporary charts reaching number number hot rap tracks united_kingdom debuted number singles chart peaked weeks exited chart weeks track charted lower european countries reached thirty ireland sweden netherlands belgium switzerland number germany maximum peak time countries lasted week single entered new_zealand_singles_chart number peaked number sixteen music video music video directed premiered november kanye_west financed video conceived ideas clip seeing advertisement magazine stated don like ideas direct shit like pull ideas way vision explained words cause couldn told words envisioned video ending recalled making clip saying day calls blue concept video revolving leaving work come work night home stated wrote treatment video shot understand said rapping party lots girls awarded video year source hip hop awards track listing single wire wire instrumental words main words clean words instrumental single wire radio edit words radio edit wire instrumental wire track personnel information adapted liner notes songwriters kanye_west producer engineer engineer charts certifications
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