She Is Suffering
{{Short description|1994 single by Manic Street Preachers}}
{{Infobox song
| name = She Is Suffering
| cover = She_Is_Suffering.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Manic Street Preachers
| album = The Holy Bible
| released = {{start date|1994|10|3|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=1 October 1994}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Post-punk{{cite web|url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/94508/|title=Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible: the tracks ranked|last=Trendell|first=Andrew|date=23 September 2014|website=Gigwise|access-date=19 April 2020}}
| length =
- 4:44 (album version)
- 4:07 (single version)
| label = Epic
| writer =
| producer = Steve Brown
| prev_title = Revol
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = A Design for Life
| next_year = 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.
Content
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."{{cite web |url=http://articles.richeyedwards.net/holybible.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020707234245/http://articles.richeyedwards.net/holybible.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 7, 2002 |title=The Holy Bible – According to Nicky and Richey |website=richeyedwards.net |accessdate=18 March 2015}}
Promotion
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{{sfn|Price|1999}}
= Music video =
A promo video for the song was directed by Alfonso Doring, which featured performance clips interspersed with shots of art mannequins.{{Cite web|title = [A67] 'She Is Suffering'|url = https://manicsdiscog.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/a67-she-is-suffering/|website = Manic Street Preachers: A Critical Discography|accessdate = 26 October 2015}} In the music magazine Melody Maker, Wire described the music video to "She Is Suffering" as "absolute shite beyond belief".{{sfn|Price|1999}} It was released on the band's Forever Delayed video compilation DVD (2002).{{cite book |last=Power |first=Martin |title=Manic Street Preachers |date=17 October 2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press}}
Track listings
{{track listing
| all_music = James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore
| all_lyrics = Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, except as noted
| headline = CD single 1
| title1 = She Is Suffering
| note1 = 7-inch radio edit
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = Love Torn Us Under
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = The Drowners
| note3 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler
| writer3 = Brett Anderson, Butler
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = Stay with Me
| writer4 = Rod Stewart, Ron Wood
| length4 = 3:37
}}
{{track listing
| headline = CD single 2
| title1 = She Is Suffering
| note1 = 7-inch radio edit
| title2 = La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
| note2 = Vocal Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers
| title3 = La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
| note3 = Dub Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers
| title4 = Faster
| note4 = Dub Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers
}}
{{track listing
| headline = 10-inch vinyl
| title1 = She Is Suffering
| note1 = 7-inch radio edit
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = The Drowners
| note2 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler
| writer2 = Anderson, Butler
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Stay with Me
| note3 = live
| writer3 = Stewart, Wood
| length3 = 3:37
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Cassette
| title1 = She Is Suffering
| note1 = 7-inch radio edit
| title2 = Love Torn Us Under
}}
{{track listing
| headline = European Maxi-CD single
| title1 = She Is Suffering
| note1 = 7-inch radio edit
| title2 = The Drowners
| note2 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler
| writer2 = Anderson, Butler
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = Stay with Me
| note3 = live
| writer3 = Stewart, Wood
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = She Is Suffering
| note4 = acoustic version) (live on MTV's Most Wanted
| length4 = 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.
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1994)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20086/MANIC-STREET-PREACHERS/ |title=Manic Street Preachers|website=Official Charts |access-date=18 March 2015}}
| align="center"| 25 |
References
{{Reflist}}
= Sources =
- {{cite book |last=Price |first=Simon |title=Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers) |publisher=Virgin Books |place=London |isbn=0-7535-0139-2 |year=1999}}
{{Manic Street Preachers}}
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Category:Manic Street Preachers songs
Category:Songs written by James Dean Bradfield
Category:Songs written by Nicky Wire