She's in Parties
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{{Infobox song
| name = She's in Parties
| cover = bauhaus_shes_in_parties.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bauhaus
| album = Burning from the Inside
| released = April 1983
| format =
| recorded =
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| venue =
| genre = *Gothic rock
| length = 5:49 (12" mix)
3:45 (7" edit)
| label = Beggars Banquet
| writer = Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy)
| producer = Bauhaus
| prev_title = Lagartija Nick
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = Sanity Assassin
| next_year = 1983
}}
"She's in Parties" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in April 1983 as a single in both 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet label. An extended version of the song appeared on both the 12” single and on the group's fourth studio album, Burning from the Inside.
The official video was directed by Howard Guard and the model is Gail Lawson. It was the band's final commercially released single. The song reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18964/bauhaus/|title=BAUHAUS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Official Charts}}
Legacy
The song was used in The Ongoing History of New Music 1998 episode "What's the Big Deal About Bauhaus?". The line "She's in parties" is frequently quoted in "What Was Her Name?" by Dave Clarke and Chicks on Speed.
The song was covered by Estonian artist Kerli on her self-titled EP (2007), by English heavy metal band A Forest of Stars as a bonus track on their third album, A Shadowplay for Yesterdays (2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/A_Forest_of_Stars/A_Shadowplay_for_Yesterdays/429694|title=A Forest of Stars - A Shadowplay for Yesterdays - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives}} and by English new wave band In Isolation as a double A-side digital single alongside "TRAPPIST-1" (2017).{{cite web |url=http://www.inisolation.co.uk/new-single-out-24th-november-trappist-1-shes-in-parties/ |title=in ISOLATION {{!}} New single out 24th November. 'TRAPPIST-1' / 'She's In Parties' |website=www.inisolation.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504155319/http://www.inisolation.co.uk/new-single-out-24th-november-trappist-1-shes-in-parties/ |archive-date=2018-05-04}}
Uruguayan gothic rock band RRRRRRR covered the song recording it in 2010 and releasing it as a single, also integrating the album: «Gothic BA "Echoes of Darkness Compilation Vol. 1"»{{cite web | url=https://gothicba.wordpress.com/echoes-of-darkness-compilation-vol-1/ | title="Echoes of Darkness Compilation Vol. 1" | date=24 May 2011 }}
English rock band Crippled Black Phoenix covered the song on their 2020 album Ellengæst.{{Cite web |title=Ellengæst, by Crippled Black Phoenix |url=https://crippledblackphoenixsom.bandcamp.com/album/elleng-st |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=Crippled Black Phoenix |language=en}}
English indie band She's In Parties, who released their debut EP in 2023, are named after the song.{{Cite web |title=She's In Parties Official Band Website |url=https://www.shesinpartiesband.com/ |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=She's In Parties |language=en}}
Track listings
= 7" version =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = She's in Parties
| length1 = 3:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Departure
| length1 = 4:49
}}
= 12" version =
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = She's in Parties
| length1 = 5:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| extra_column =
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Here's the Dub
| note1 = Special Effects by "Loonatik & Drinks"
| length1 = 3:18
| title2 = Departure
| length2 = 4:49
}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|2578|type=single}}
- [http://www.allmusic.com/song/shes-in-parties-mt0015010947 AllMusic review]
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