Pop Song 238 of 300 "There she goes' The La's 1988
Pop Song 238 of 300 "There she goes' The La's 1988
The song contains no verses, only a single chorus repeated four times and a bridge.
"There She Goes" has gained a reputation for being about the use of heroin, possibly as a result of the lines: "There she goes again... racing through my brain... pulsing through my vein... no one else can heal my pain". Several newspapers ran articles about the La's and their apparent ode to heroin. When asked about the rumour in 1995, the group's bassist John Power replied: "I don't know. Truth is, I don't wanna know. However, in the book In Search of The La's: A Secret Liverpool (2003) by MW Macefield, ex-La's guitarist Paul Hemmings denied the rumour and added: "Jeremy Fisher, you don't know what you are talking about." In an interview with Les Inrockuptibles, Mavers admits to trying heroin in 1990. The song therefore predated his experience as it was originally released in 1988. Mavers himself has also emphatically denied that the song is about heroin.[
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "There She Goes" at number 45 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. In 2008, it was also re-released as a vinyl single for its 20th anniversary. A precursor to Britpop, the album was listed at number 13 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 40 greatest one-hit wonders.[5] It was listed at number 22 on NME's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[6]
On NPR's All Songs Considered, musician Ben Gibbard selected "There She Goes" as his pick for "perfect song."[ Gibbard observed that the song "defines the perfectly written pop song: an instantaneously recognizable melody and lyric set to simple, economic musical structure. It is such a simple song that it boggles the mind that someone hadn't already written it." Eric Clapton also praised the song.
In December 2021, Oasis's Noel Gallagher said it was his favorite song from the 1990s; despite technically being released in 1988, the song didn't achieve widespread fame and acclaim until 1990
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