Saturday, June 2, 2018

Just Missed My Top 200: The La's - There She Goes

The La's were formed by Mike Badger, John Power, and Lee Mavers in Liverpool in the early eighties. Because of lineup changes, record label switches, and a hodgepodge of other factors, their debut self-titled album wasn't released until 1990. "There She Goes" peaked just inside the top 60 in the UK, a relatively disappointing result. The band soldiered on into the late-90s, but never achieved a big breakthrough on the pop charts.

"There She Goes" was covered by US Christian-pop band Sixpence None The Richer in 1999, getting the song to #32 in the States and a surprising #14 in Britain.

In my opinion, the La's version of the song is better than the Sixpence version, though I must admit, I like that one too. Not bad for a track that's 90% chorus and 10% bridge with no real verses at all.

Be back next week with another song that almost made it.

2 comments:

  1. Always did like this piece of marshmallow pop as well... but was always surprised that no one ever linked it to the eerily similar Velvet Underground song of nearly the same name from 1967. Maybe that one was just too dark and subversive !

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3E5YIP-DvU

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