Drums and Wires is an XTC album released on August 17, 1979. It reached No. 34 on the UK album chart, and No. 176 on the U.S. Billboard album charts. It contained the successful single "Making Plans For Nigel", which was released on September 14, 1979, and reached No. 17 on the UK singles chart. It also contained the original recording of "Ten Feet Tall", a re-recorded version of which was released in March 1980 in the U.S. only, as their first U.S. single, designed to coincide with the band's first American tour. Certain versions of the album also include "Life Begins at the Hop", which was released on April 27, 1979, and reached No. 44 on UK singles chart. "Making Plans For Nigel" was covered in 1992 by Primus on their EP Miscellaneous Debris.