She Is Suffering (original) (raw)
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1994 single by Manic Street Preachers
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| Single by Manic Street Preachers | |
| from the album The Holy Bible | |
| Released | 3 October 1994 (1994-10-03)[1] |
| Genre | Post-punk[2] |
| Length | 4:44 (album version) 4:07 (single version) |
| Label | Epic |
| Songwriter(s) | James Dean Bradfield Sean Moore Nicky Wire Richey Edwards |
| Producer(s) | Steve Brown |
| Manic Street Preachers singles chronology | |
| "Revol" (1994) "She Is Suffering" (1994) "A Design for Life" (1996) |
"She Is Suffering" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in October 1994 by record label Epic as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, The Holy Bible. It was their last single to feature Richey Edwards before his disappearance on 1 February 1995. The single reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart on 15 October 1994.
According to its lyricist, Richey Edwards, the song's 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 noted, "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."[3]
Promotion for the single included James Dean Bradfield performing an acoustic version of the song on RTÉ's Sunday afternoon TV/radio simulcast The Beatbox[4]
A promo video for the song was directed by Alfonso Doring, which featured performance clips interspersed with shots of art mannequins.[5] In the music magazine Melody Maker, Wire described the music video to "She Is Suffering" as "absolute shite beyond belief".[4] It was released on the band's Forever Delayed video compilation DVD (2002).[6]
10-inch vinyl
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She Is Suffering" (7-inch radio edit) | 4:07 | |
| 2. | "The Drowners" (live) (featuring Bernard Butler) | Anderson, Butler | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Stay with Me" (live) | Stewart, Wood | 3:37 |
Cassette
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She Is Suffering" (7-inch radio edit) | |
| 2. | "Love Torn Us Under" |
European Maxi-CD single
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "She Is Suffering" (7-inch radio edit) | ||
| 2. | "The Drowners" (live) (featuring Bernard Butler) | Anderson, Butler | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Stay with Me" (live) | Stewart, Wood | 3:37 |
| 4. | "She Is Suffering" (acoustic version) (live on MTV's Most Wanted) | 4:01 |
- All live tracks (excluding the European release) were recorded at the Clapham Grand, Battersea, London, England, on 2 March 1994 in aid of the Philip Hall Memorial Fund for Cancer Research.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 1 October 1994. p. 27.
- ^ Trendell, Andrew (23 September 2014). "Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible: the tracks ranked". Gigwise. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "The Holy Bible – According to Nicky and Richey". richeyedwards.net. Archived from the original on July 7, 2002. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b Price 1999.
- ^ "[A67] 'She Is Suffering'". Manic Street Preachers: A Critical Discography. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ Power, Martin (17 October 2010). Manic Street Preachers. Omnibus Press.
- ^ "Manic Street Preachers". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- Price, Simon (1999). Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers). London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0139-2.