There She Goes

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For the Velvet Underground song "There She Goes Again", see The Velvet Underground and Nico

"There She Goes" is a pop song written by Liverpool singer/guitarist Lee Mavers and recorded first by Mavers' band, The La's.

The first version of the song was released by The La's in 1988, but failed to chart. They re-recorded it in 1990 for their debut album The La's. Reissued as a single in 1990, "There She Goes" hit #13 in the UK charts (#49 in the U.S.), was the biggest success The La's were to ever enjoy and remains the song for which the band are chiefly remembered.

"There She Goes" has appeared on several movie soundtracks, including So I Married an Axe Murderer and The Parent Trap (1998). It has been covered by Sixpence None the Richer (for whom it was a major hit single), Robbie Williams, and The Boo Radleys, among many others.

"There She Goes" has gained a certain reputation as being about using heroin. The lyrics seem to refer to a woman (leading some to think the Sixpence version sounded lesbian-esqe), but on closer inspection of some lines ("There she goes again... racing through my brain... pulsing through my vein... no one else can heal my pain"), the possible drug connotations become apparent. Several newspapers ran articles about The La's and their apparent ode to heroin^{[citation needed]}. When asked about the rumor in 1995, the La's bassist John Power' replied, "I don't know. Truth is, I don't wanna know. Drugs and madness go hand in hand. People who you've known all your life... they're steady, then they're not. But you can't ponder, cos it kills you, la.'"^[1]

However, it is worth noting that in the 2003 book In Search of The La's : A Secret Liverpool by MW Macefield, the rumor is denied by ex-La's guitarist Paul Hemmings.

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