Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down

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"Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down"
Scott Weiland Lady Your Roof Brings Me Down.jpg
Single by Scott Weiland
from the album Great Expectations Soundtrack
Released1997
Genre Alternative rock
Length5:26
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Scott Weiland
Victor Indrizzo
Producer(s) Blair Lamb
Scott Weiland
Scott Weiland singles chronology
"Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down"
(1997)
"Barbarella"
(1998)
Audio video
"Lady Your Roof Brings Me Down (2023 Remaster)" on YouTube

"Lady, Your Roof Brings Me Down" is a song by Scott Weiland first appearing on the Great Expectations Soundtrack and then later on his debut album 12 Bar Blues . The song features Sheryl Crow on accordion.

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References

  1. "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Scott Weiland". Nielsen Company, Billboard . Retrieved 2008-09-20.