"War of Nerves" | ||||||||
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Single by All Saints | ||||||||
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Released | 23 November 1998 | |||||||
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Length | 4:51 | |||||||
Label | London | |||||||
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"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.
Chuck Eddy from Rolling Stone wrote that the song "has an aptly unnerving prettiness". 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".
^shipments figures based on certification alone
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "War of Nerves".
The music video of "War of Nerves" is set in London's famous Met Bar 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. It also features a fight in a garage, between sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, they later comfort each other.