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Your Ghost
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Wikipedia article
"'Your Ghost'" is the first track from Kristin Hersh's debut solo studio album 'Hips and Makers'. It features additional backing vocals from Michael Stipe of R.E.M.
Description
The song was released as a single on January 10, 1994. It reached #45 in the UK singles chart. It was voted in at #41 on Australian radio station Triple Js Hottest 100 for that year, and featured on the first Hottest 100 compilation CD.
It was featured in the film 'With Honors' that spring and appears on the original motion picture soundtrack. According to 'Filmmaker' magazine, the music video for the song was directed by Katherine Dieckmann and is an homage to Maya Deren's groundbreaking 1943 experimental film 'Meshes of the Afternoon'.
Track listing
*CD single (BAD 4001 CD)
# "Your Ghost"
# "The Key"
# "Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti"
# "When the Levee Breaks"
Samples and covers
Hersh re-recorded the song, titling it "Your Ghost 2006", with her group 50 Foot Wave.
The song was sampled in DJ Scott Browns's gabber song "Ghosts" and -Ziq's "Phiesope."
Recorded cover versions include those by Black Lab, on their album 'Passion Leaves a Trace', IRA, on their 'X' album, and Greg Laswell, on his October 2009 five-song EP 'Covers'. Laswell's version was featured in US television programmes 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Dollhouse'.
References
Category:1994 debut singles
Category:4AD singles
Category:1994 songs
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