There She Goes Again
| "There She Goes Again" | |
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| Song by The Velvet Underground from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| Released | March 12, 1967 |
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| Length | 2:41 |
| Label | Verve |
| Writer(s) | Lou Reed |
| Producer(s) | Andy Warhol |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico track listing | |
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"There She Goes Again" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It first appeared on their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico. The syncopated guitar riff is taken from the 1962 Marvin Gaye song "Hitch Hike",[4] but is most likely influenced by The Rolling Stones' cover version, from their 1965 album Out of Our Heads.
- "Metronomically, we were a pretty accurate band. If we were speeding up or slowing down, it was by design. If you listen to the solo break on "There She Goes Again," it slows down—slower and slower and slower. And then when it comes back into the "bye-bye-byes" it's double the original tempo, a tremendous leap to twice the speed." —Sterling Morrison[5]
There have been several other notable versions of the song, including a B-side on the 1983 R.E.M. single "Radio Free Europe" (and as such appeared on their B-side compilation Dead Letter Office in 1987). It was also included as a bonus track on the 1993 re-release of R.E.M.'s 1983 album Murmur.[6]
A band called The Banana may have recorded the first cover version of "There She Goes Again". According to bandmember Dean Ellis Kohler, they recorded it in a tent in Vietnam in April 1967 and sent the master tape to a company in California to have 45 RPM records pressed.[7] The 1960s revivalists The Crawdaddys of San Diego released the song as a single in 1980.[8]
Personnel
- Lou Reed - lead vocals, lead guitar
- John Cale - bass, backing vocals
- Sterling Morrison - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Maureen Tucker - percussion
References
- ↑ The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. Canongate. 2007. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-84195-973-3.
- 1 2 Sullivan, Denise. Song Review by Denise Sullivan at AllMusic. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ↑ Deming, Mark. AllMusic Review by Mark Deming at AllMusic. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ↑ Howard, Sounes. Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed.
- ↑ Harvard, Joe (2004-03-31). The Velvet Underground's the Velvet Underground and Nico. p. 121. ISBN 9780826415509.
- ↑ Full Albums: The Velvet Underground & Nico. Retrieved 04 July 2012.
- ↑ Kohler, Dean Ellis; VanHecke, Susan (2009). Rock 'n' Roll Soldier: A Memoir. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-124255-7.
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/nc205523us