She's Not There

Infobox Single
Name = She's Not There


Caption =
Artist = The Zombies
B-side = "You Make Me Feel Good" (White)
Released = 24 July, 1964
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1964 (England)
Genre = Beat
Length =
Label = Decca F11940
Writer = Rod Argent
Producer =
Certification =
Reviews =
Chart position =
* #2 (Billboard Hot 100)
* #12 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = -
This single = "She's Not There" (1964)
Next single = "Leave Me Be" (1964)

"She's Not There" was the debut single by the British pop band, The Zombies. It reached number twelve in the UK Singles Chart in August 1964. [cite web
title = UK Top 40 Hit Database
publisher = EveryHit.com
url = http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php
accessdate = 2007-08-12] , number two in the Billboard Hot 100 (USA), and #2 in Canada.

"Rolling Stone" magazine ranked "She's Not There" #291 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time] ]

ong profile

Songwriter Rod Argent's second song was recorded and released in mid-1964. One of the song's most distinctive features is Argent's electric piano sound - the instrument used was a Hohner Pianet. The backing vocals are in a folk-influenced close-harmony style. This minor key, jazz-tinged single was first aired in the United States during the first week in August 1964, on New York rock radio station WINS by Stan Z. Burns, who debuted the song on his daily noontime "Hot Spot" segment, during which new songs were played. The tune began to catch on in early fall and eventually reached #2 in the Billboard Hot 100. [ cite web
title = The Zombies
publisher = Billboard Music Charts
url = http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=she%27s+not+there+zombies&submit.x=33&submit.y=10&submit=Submit&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH
accessdate = 2007-08-12]

Album releases

The song was later released both on The Zombies' UK album "Begin Here" (Dec 1964) and US album "The Zombies (Jan 1965).

Cover versions

*The song was a hit again for Santana on his 1977 album "Moonflower". It peaked at #27, and reached #21 in Canada.
*It was also covered by the UK Subs in 1979, making #36.
*"About Her", Malcolm McLaren's mash-up of "She's Not There", and Bessie Smith singing W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues," was heavily featured in the Quentin Tarantino film, "Kill Bill". (See also: "Kill Bill Volume 2 (soundtrack)")
*TV pop band Bel's Boys recorded a cover version of the song.
*Tim Curry covered this song in 1981 on his album "Simplicity".
*The song was also covered by rock band Vanilla Fudge.
*Crowded House recorded a version of this song in 1990.
*Finnish band Russian Love covered the song on their third album, "Hover Jack", in 1992.
*The Cruel Sea recorded it for the 1996 film "Boys".
*A group named The Road covered the song in 1969, to the label Kama Sutra Records
*The Magnets covered the song on their 2001 debut album "Giving It All That".
*Chris Sligh covered the song on the 2007 season of "American Idol".
* A French version makes a prominent, yet uncredited, appearance in "A Sting to the Tail", an October 1965 episode of BBC's "Danger Man" (known as "Secret Agent Man" in the US), starring Patrick McGoohan.
* Steve Carlson covered the song on his 2007 album "Groovin' On The Inside".
* Jennifer Finney Boylan borrowed the song's title for her memoir "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," in which she discusses the song's impact on her.
* The song is featured in the musical Return to the Forbidden Planet.
* Panic covered the song in 1982 on PRT label 259.
* The Road covered the song WKBW 30 Klassics 30 album on Post Records.
* Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush covered it instrumentally on the 2004 Real Live album.
* The local South Jersey band The EarWiggs regularly covers the song during live performances.

References

External links

* [http://www.45-rpm.org.uk/dirz/zombies.htm The Zombies discography]
* [http://www.rodargent.com/ Rod Argent's website]