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Wire's influence has outshone their comparatively modest record sales.

In the 1980s and 1990s, The Urinals, Manic Street Preachers, The Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and R. E. M., expressed a fondness for the group.

R. E. M.

covered " Strange " on their album Document, while their song " What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

" ( from 1994's Monster ) emulates Wire's song " Feeling Called Love ".

Since their 2008 reunion, The Feelies have regularly covered " Outdoor Miner " during its live sets and Lush ( band ) also covered the track.

Robert Smith has described how, though not a Wire fan, seeing the group live influenced The Cure's sound after their first album.