She's in Parties

"She's in Parties"
Single by Bauhaus
from the album Burning from the Inside
Released	April 1983
Genre	Gothic rock, post-punk
Length	5:49 (12" mix) 3:45 (7" edit)
Label	Beggars Banquet
Songwriter(s)	Bauhaus (Daniel Ash, David J, Kevin Haskins and Peter Murphy)
Bauhaus singles chronology
"Lagartija Nick" (1983) "She's in Parties" (1983) "Sanity Assassin" (1983)

"She's in Parties" is a song by English gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in April 1983 as a single from the band's fourth studio album, Burning from the Inside, in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet label. It was the band's final commercially released single.

It reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

Legacy[]

The song was used in The Ongoing History of New Music 1998 episode "What's the Big Deal About Bauhaus?". The line "She's in parties" is frequently quoted in "What Was Her Name?" by Dave Clarke and Chicks on Speed.

The song was covered by Estonian artist Kerli on her self-titled EP (2007), by English heavy metal band A Forest of Stars as a bonus track on their third album, A Shadowplay for Yesterdays (2012)^[2] and by English new wave band In Isolation as a double A-side digital single alongside "TRAPPIST-1" (2017).^[3]

Track listings[]

7"

Side A:

1. "She's in Parties" - 3:45

Side B:

1. "Departure" - 4:49

12"

Side A:

1. "She's in Parties" - 5:49

Side B:

1. "Here's the Dub" (Special Effects by "Loonatik & Drinks") - 3:18
2. "Departure" - 4:49

References[]

External links[]

• "She's in Parties" at Discogs (list of releases)
• AllMusic review
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics