And She Was

"And She Was"
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Little Creatures
Released 1985
Genre Rock, New Wave
Label Sire Records
Writer(s) David Byrne
Producer Talking Heads
Talking Heads singles chronology
"Road to Nowhere"
(1985)		 "And She Was"
(1985)		 "Once in a Lifetime (Live)"
(1986)

"And She Was" is the name of a rock song written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. According to Byrne, the song was written about a girl he knew who used to take LSD in a field next to a Yoo-hoo beverage factory in Baltimore, Maryland. It reached number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the British singles chart. The accompanying music video was directed by avant-garde filmmaker Jim Blashfield.

Charts

Chart (1985/1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] 54
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[2] 33
UK Singles Chart[3] 17
New Zealand Singles Chart[4] 16
Dutch Singles Chart[5] 31
Irish Singles Chart[6] 9

Notes

  1. ^ | Billboard Magazine
  2. ^ | Billboard Magazine
  3. ^ The Official Charts Company. "UK Albums Chart". Every Hit. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
  4. ^ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (February 6, 1986). "New Zealand Singles Chart". New Zealand Charts. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=And+She+Was&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  5. ^ MegaCharts (February 8, 1986). "Dutch Singles Chart". Dutch Charts. http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=And+She+Was&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
  6. ^ Irish Recording Music Association (January 30, 1986). "Irish Singles Chart". Irish Charts. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-05-17. 
Talking Heads
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Singles
"Love → Building on Fire" · "Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town" · "Psycho Killer" · "Pulled Up" · "Take Me to the River" · "Life During Wartime" · "I Zimbra" · "Cities" · "Crosseyed and Painless" · "Once in a Lifetime" · "Houses in Motion" (alternate mix) · "Life During Wartime" (Live) · "Burning Down the House" · "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" · "Slippery People" (Live) · "Girlfriend Is Better" (Live) · "The Lady Don't Mind" · "Road to Nowhere" · "And She Was" · "Once in a Lifetime" (Live) · "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Live) · "Wild Wild Life" · "Love for Sale" · "Hey Now" · "Puzzlin' Evidence" · "Radio Head" · "Blind" · "(Nothing But) Flowers" · "Sax and Violins" · "Lifetime Piling Up"
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