She Is Suffering

"She Is Suffering" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 1994 by record label Epic as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, The Holy Bible.

It reached number 25 in the UK Singles Chart on 15 October 1994.^[1]

Content

According to lyricist Richey James Edwards, the title refers to "Desire. In other bibles and holy books, no truth is possible until you empty yourself of desire. All commitment otherwise is fake/lies/economic convenience". Nicky Wire also said, "It's quite a simple song, both musically and lyrically. It's kind of like the Buddhist thing where you can only reach eternal peace by shedding every desire in your body."^[2]

Promotion

Promotion for the single included James Dean Bradfield performing an acoustic version of the song on RTE's Sunday afternoon TV/radio simulcast The Beatbox^[3]

Music video

A promo video for the song was directed by Alfonso Doring, which featured performance clips interspersed with shots of art mannequins.^[4] In the music magazine Melody Maker, Wire described the music video to "She Is Suffering" as "absolute shite beyond belief".^[3] The video received little airplay but is included on the band's Forever Delayed DVD (2002).^[5]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, except as noted, all music composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore.

CD single 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She Is Suffering (7" Radio Edit)"		4:07
2.	"Love Torn Us Under"		3:42
3.	"The Drowners" (featuring Bernard Butler)	Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler	3:17
4.	"Stay with Me"	Rod Stewart, Ron Wood	3:37

CD single 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Is Suffering (7" Radio Edit)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)
2.	"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (Vocal Mix)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)
3.	"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (Dub Mix)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)
4.	"Faster (Dub Mix)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)

10" vinyl
No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Is Suffering (7" Radio Edit)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)	4:04
2.	"The Drowners (Live)" (featuring Bernard Butler)	3:17
3.	"Stay with Me (Live)"	3:36

Cassette
No.	Title	Length
1.	"She Is Suffering (7" Radio Edit)" (remixed by The Dust Brothers)
2.	"Love Torn Us Under"

All live tracks recorded at the Clapham Grand, London, England on 2 March 1994 in aid of the Philip Hall Memorial Fund for Cancer Research.

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	25^[1]

UK Top 40
Week	01	02
Position	25	28

References

1 2 "Manic Street Preachers | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
↑ "The Holy Bible – According to Nicky and Richey". richeyedwards.net. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
1 2 Price 1999.
↑ "[A67] 'She Is Suffering'". Manic Street Preachers: A Critical Discography. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
↑ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.

Manic Street Preachers

James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Miles Woodward Richey Edwards

Studio albums	Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul The Holy Bible Everything Must Go This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Your Enemy Lifeblood Send Away the Tigers Journal for Plague Lovers Postcards from a Young Man Rewind the Film Futurology

Compilation albums	Forever Delayed Lipstick Traces National Treasures – The Complete Singles

EPs	New Art Riot E.P. Life Becoming a Landslide E.P.

Singles	"Suicide Alley" "Motown Junk" "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" "Stay Beautiful" "Love's Sweet Exile"/"Repeat" "You Love Us" "Slash 'n' Burn" "Motorcycle Emptiness" "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" "Little Baby Nothing" "From Despair to Where" "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" "Roses in the Hospital" "Faster" "Revol" "She Is Suffering" "A Design for Life" "Everything Must Go" "Kevin Carter" "Further Away" "Australia" "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" "The Everlasting" "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" "Tsunami" "The Masses Against the Classes" "Found That Soul" "So Why So Sad" "Ocean Spray" "Let Robeson Sing" "There by the Grace of God" "The Love of Richard Nixon" "Empty Souls" "Underdogs" "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" "Indian Summer" "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" "Some Kind of Nothingness" "Postcards from a Young Man" "This Is the Day" "Show Me the Wonder" "Anthem for a Lost Cause" "Walk Me to the Bridge" "Futurology"

Other songs	"4st 7lb" "Peeled Apples"

Video albums	Everything Live Leaving the 20th Century Louder Than War Forever Delayed

Related articles	Discography Music of Cardiff Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair

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