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{{short description|1985 single by Talking Heads}}
{{Infobox single | {{Infobox song
⚫ | Name = And She Was
| Cover = And She Was.jpg | name = And She Was
| Artist = ] | cover = And She Was.jpg
⚫ | alt =
| from Album = ]
| Genre = ], ] | type = single
| Length = 3:40 | artist = ]
| Label = ] | album = ]
| released = August 1985 (US)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/808/|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=809 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
| Released = ]
| Writer = ] | recorded = October 1984{{cn|date=February 2024}}
| Producer = ] | studio =
| Last single = "]"<br />(1985) | venue =
| genre = ], ]
| This single = "'''And She Was'''"<br />(1985)
| length = {{unbulleted list|{{Duration|m=3|s=36}} (album version)|{{Duration|m=3|s=26}} (single mix)|{{Duration|m=3|s=38}} (Dub version)|{{Duration|m=4|s=32}} (E.T. version)}}
⚫ | Next single = "]"<br />(1986)
| label = {{flatlist|
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| writer = ]
| producer = ]
| prev_title = ]
| prev_year = 1985
⚫ | next_title = ]
| next_year = 1986
| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|Q4W8RY3fxdI|"And She Was"}}}}
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"'''And She Was'''" is a song by the American band ], from their 1985 album '']''. The song was written by ], who also provides the lead vocals. It reached {{thinspace|No.|54}} on the U.S. ] and {{thinspace|No.|17}} on the British singles chart. The accompanying music video was directed by avant-garde filmmaker ], who cites the style of ] as one of his major influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nightflight.com/jim-blashfields-suspicious-circumstances-salvador-dali-and-betty-crocker-collage-animation-geniusness/|title=Jim Blashfield's 'Suspicious Circumstances': 'Salvador Dalí and Betty Crocker' collage animation geniusness|author=Bryan Thomas|date=June 29, 2015|publisher=Nightflight|accessdate=June 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orartswatch.org/jim-blashfield-and-he-was/|title=Jim Blashfield: And He Was|author=Barry Johnson|date=October 24, 2012|publisher=Oregon Artswatch|accessdate=June 11, 2016}}</ref>
"'''And She Was'''" is a rock song written by ] for the 1985 ] album ''].''


The song is musically notable for its unusual use of ]. The overall key of the song is ]; however, the bridge to the chorus is in ]. The second bridge back to the verse is in the key of ] (Chords B minor to G major, "She was glad about it..."){{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

==Background==
"I used to know a blissed-out ]-chick in ]," recalled Byrne in the ] of '']''. "She once told me that she used to do ] (the drug, not ]) and lay down on the field by the ] chocolate soda factory. Flying out of her body, etc etc. It seemed like such a tacky kind of transcendence… but it was real! A new kind of religion being born out of heaps of rusted cars and fast food joints. And this girl was flying above it all, but in it too." "I used to know a blissed-out ]-chick in ]," recalled Byrne in the ] of '']''. "She once told me that she used to do ] (the drug, not ]) and lay down on the field by the ] chocolate soda factory. Flying out of her body, etc etc. It seemed like such a tacky kind of transcendence… but it was real! A new kind of religion being born out of heaps of rusted cars and fast food joints. And this girl was flying above it all, but in it too."


Drummer ] said of the song, "It's a story about a woman who has the power to levitate above the ground and to check out all her neighbors from a kind of bird's eye view. And the guy who's writing the song is in love with her and he kinda wishes she would just be more normal and, like, come on back down to the ground , but she doesn't. She goes floating over the backyard and past the buildings and the schools and stuff and is absolutely to him in every way."<ref name="Daily Cut">{{cite web|title=The Daily Cut: Talking Heads "And She Was"|url=http://wncx.cbslocal.com/2016/11/22/teh-daily-cut-talking-heads-and-she-was/|website=98.5 WNCX|publisher=CBS|accessdate=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326051548/http://wncx.cbslocal.com/2016/11/22/teh-daily-cut-talking-heads-and-she-was/|archive-date=26 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The song is musically notable for its unusual use of ], interspersing the key of E major between the first half of verses one and two ("and she was lying in the grass", "and she was drifting through the backyard") and the chorus ("the world was moving") with the key of F major for the second half of verses one and two ("see the lights of a neighbour's house", "moving into the universe"). The rest of the song is in the key of E major.


==Reception==
It reached number 54 on the U.S. Billboard ] and number 17 on the British singles chart. The accompanying music video was directed by avant-garde filmmaker ].
'']'' said that the song "displays David Byrne's discreet pop ingenuity and Talking Heads' inimitable rhythmic pump" and has "a strangely surrealistic lyric and a singalong chorus."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1985/CB-1985-08-31.pdf|date=August 31, 1985|accessdate=2022-08-01|page=9}}</ref>


] at '']'' praised the extended mix, saying, "Talking Heads overhaul the already brilliant "And She Was" and turn it into the vibrantly upbeat pop party record ] have spent a lifetime trying to make."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= ] | title=Singles|author=]| date=February 1986|issue=10|page=35}}</ref>
The song was featured in the 2005 film '']''.

==In popular culture==
The song was featured in the 1989 film '']'', in the 2005 films '']'' and '']'', and the 2016 film '']''.<ref>{{IMDb name|126154|David Byrne}}</ref>


==Charts== ==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
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!Chart (1985/1986) !Chart (1985/1986)
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|Australia (])<ref>{{Cite book|title=]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6 }}</ref>
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|]<ref name="RIANZ charts">{{cite web | url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=And+She+Was&cat=s | title=New Zealand Singles Chart | author=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand | publisher=New Zealand Charts | date=February 6, 1986 | accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref> |]<ref name="RIANZ charts">{{cite web | url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Talking+Heads&titel=And+She+Was&cat=s | title=New Zealand Singles Chart | author=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand | publisher=New Zealand Charts | date=February 6, 1986 | accessdate=2009-05-17}}</ref>
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|]<ref>{{cite web | author=Irish Recording Music Association | title=Irish Singles Chart | publisher=Irish Charts | date=February 18, 1999 | url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=January 30, 1986 | accessdate=2009-05-17| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?| archivedate= 2 June 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> |]<ref>{{cite web|author=Irish Recording Music Association |title=Irish Singles Chart |publisher=Irish Charts |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |date=January 30, 1986 |accessdate=2009-05-17 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602061251/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archivedate=2 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Year-end charts===
==Notes==
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|+Year-end chart performance for "And She Was"
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! scope="row"| Australia (])<ref name="aus86">{{cite magazine|url=https://i.imgur.com/F7ais40.jpg|title=National Top 100 Singles for 1986|magazine=]|issue=650|date=December 1986|via=Imgur|access-date= January 24, 2023}}</ref>
| 90
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Latest revision as of 07:30, 20 December 2024

1985 single by Talking Heads
"And She Was"
Single by Talking Heads
from the album Little Creatures
ReleasedAugust 1985 (US)
RecordedOctober 1984
GenreRock, new wave
Length
  • 3:36 (album version)
  • 3:26 (single mix)
  • 3:38 (Dub version)
  • 4:32 (E.T. version)
Label
Songwriter(s)David Byrne
Producer(s)Talking Heads
Talking Heads singles chronology
"Road to Nowhere"
(1985) 		"And She Was"
(1985) 		"Once in a Lifetime (Live)"
(1986)
Audio
"And She Was" on YouTube

"And She Was" is a song by the American band Talking Heads, from their 1985 album Little Creatures. The song was written by David Byrne, who also provides the lead vocals. It reached No. 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 17 on the British singles chart. The accompanying music video was directed by avant-garde filmmaker Jim Blashfield, who cites the style of Terry Gilliam as one of his major influences.

The song is musically notable for its unusual use of modulation. The overall key of the song is E major; however, the bridge to the chorus is in F major. The second bridge back to the verse is in the key of G major (Chords B minor to G major, "She was glad about it...")

Background

"I used to know a blissed-out hippie-chick in Baltimore," recalled Byrne in the liner notes of Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads. "She once told me that she used to do acid (the drug, not music) and lay down on the field by the Yoo-hoo chocolate soda factory. Flying out of her body, etc etc. It seemed like such a tacky kind of transcendence… but it was real! A new kind of religion being born out of heaps of rusted cars and fast food joints. And this girl was flying above it all, but in it too."

Drummer Chris Frantz said of the song, "It's a story about a woman who has the power to levitate above the ground and to check out all her neighbors from a kind of bird's eye view. And the guy who's writing the song is in love with her and he kinda wishes she would just be more normal and, like, come on back down to the ground , but she doesn't. She goes floating over the backyard and past the buildings and the schools and stuff and is absolutely to him in every way."

Reception

Cash Box said that the song "displays David Byrne's discreet pop ingenuity and Talking Heads' inimitable rhythmic pump" and has "a strangely surrealistic lyric and a singalong chorus."

John Leland at Spin praised the extended mix, saying, "Talking Heads overhaul the already brilliant "And She Was" and turn it into the vibrantly upbeat pop party record the B-52s have spent a lifetime trying to make."

In popular culture

The song was featured in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking, in the 2005 films Bewitched and Sky High, and the 2016 film Storks.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "And She Was"
Chart (1985/1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 54
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 33
UK Singles Chart 17
New Zealand Singles Chart 16
Dutch Singles Chart 31
Irish Singles Chart 9

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "And She Was"
Chart (1986) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 90

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 809. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. Bryan Thomas (June 29, 2015). "Jim Blashfield's 'Suspicious Circumstances': 'Salvador Dalí and Betty Crocker' collage animation geniusness". Nightflight. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  3. Barry Johnson (October 24, 2012). "Jim Blashfield: And He Was". Oregon Artswatch. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  4. "The Daily Cut: Talking Heads "And She Was"". 98.5 WNCX. CBS. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  5. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 31, 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  6. John Leland (February 1986). "Singles". Spin. No. 10. p. 35.
  7. David Byrne at IMDb
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ | Billboard Magazine
  10. The Official Charts Company. "UK Albums Chart". Every Hit. Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  11. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (February 6, 1986). "New Zealand Singles Chart". New Zealand Charts. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  12. MegaCharts (February 8, 1986). "Dutch Singles Chart". Dutch Charts. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  13. Irish Recording Music Association (January 30, 1986). "Irish Singles Chart". Irish Charts. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  14. "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Imgur.
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