Livewire Explained

Livewire(s), Live Wire(s), The Live Wire or Live Wired may refer to:

• Live wire (electricity), a wire with a flow of electric current

Computers

• Livewire (networking), a digital audio networking technology
• LiveWire Professional, computer software for stock market analysis
• Livewire Segmentation Technique, an image segmentation technique
• LiveWire, a server-side JavaScript environment by Netscape

Entertainment

Comics

• Live Wire (comics), several comics-related characters and series including:
  • Live Wire (DC Comics) or Garth Ranzz, more commonly known as Lightning Lad, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
  • Live Wire (Marvel Comics), a supervillain in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Livewire (DC Comics), a former supervillainess, now ally of Superman
  • Livewire (Valiant Comics) or Amanda McKee, a superhero in the Valiant Comics Universe
  • Livewires (comics), a Marvel Comics series

Film

• The Live Wire (1917 film), a British lost silent film starring Ronald Colman
• The Live Wire (1925 film), an American silent film starring Johnny Hines
• The Live Wire (1935 film), an American film directed by Harry S. Webb
• The Live Wire (1937 film), a UK film directed by Herbert Brenon
• Live Wire (film), a 1992 film starring Pierce Brosnan
• Live Wires (1921 film), American silent drama film
• Live Wires (1946 film), a 1946 film starring The Bowery Boys

TV and radio

• Live Wire Radio, a syndicated live radio variety show, Portland, Oregon
• Livewire (radio station), a student-run radio station at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
• "Livewire" (Superman: The Animated Series), an episode of Superman: The Animated Series
• "Livewire" (Supergirl), an episode of the CBS television series Supergirl
• Livewire (talk show), a 1980s teen talk show on Nickelodeon
• Livewire (Wellington), the radio station run by Wellington High School
• WWF LiveWire, a World Wrestling Federation TV series, 1996 to 2001

Music

• Live Wire (album), a 2004 album by Third Day
• Live Wire (Maren Morris album), 2011
• "Live Wire" (Martha and the Vandellas song), 1964
• "Live Wire" (Mötley Crüe song), 1981
• , a 2007 album by Woody Guthrie
• Live Wired, a 1996 album by Front Line Assembly
• Livewired in Europe, a 2023 album by Nebula
• Live Wires (album), a 1992 album by Yellowjackets
• Live Wire (Lowen & Navarro album)
• "Live Wire", a song from T.N.T. by AC/DC
• "Live Wire", a song from Seotaiji 7th Issue by Seo Taiji
• "Livewire", a 2015 song from the album Oh Wonder by Oh Wonder
• "Live Wires", a 2004 album by Stratospheerius
• Live Wire, an album by Steve Goodman

Literature

• Live Wire (novel), a 2011 novel by Harlan Coben
• The Live Wire (magazine), a short-lived 1908 pulp magazine
• Livewire (magazine), rock music magazine 1991–1997
• Livewired (book) (Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain), a neuroscience book by David Eagleman

Other entertainment

• Live Wire, an art installation by Natalie Jeremijenko
• Live Wire!, a game developed by Square Enix Europe (SCI/Eidos)
• LiveWire Chicago Theatre, a non-profit theater arts organization

People

• Stephen Maguire (born 1981), Scottish snooker player nicknamed "Livewire"
• Tim Shieff (born 1988), freerunner and traceur nicknamed "Livewire"

Other uses

• LiveWire (motorcycle), a motorcycle
• LiveWire (company), a spin off electric motorcycle company from Harley Davidson
• Mountain Dew LiveWire, a soft drink

See also

• Live Wire/Blues Power, a 1968 album by Albert King