She's a Superstar

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"She's a Superstar"
Shesuperstar.jpg
Single by the Verve
from the EP Verve
B-side "Feel"
Released22 June 1992 (1992-06-22) [1]
RecordedEarly 1992 [2]
Studio The Manor (Oxfordshire, England) [2]
Length
  • 8:56
  • 5:03 (edit)
Label Hut
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Barry Clempson
The Verve singles chronology
"All in the Mind"
(1992)
"She's a Superstar"
(1992)
"Gravity Grave"
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Head HeritagePositive [3]

"She's a Superstar" is a song by the English rock band the Verve. It was released as the band's second single in the United Kingdom on 22 June 1992. It reached number 66 on the UK Singles Chart. "She's a Superstar" and "Feel" were recorded during early 1992 in the swimming pool at The Manor Studio because, according to Miles Aldridge, the pool had a "beautiful echo effect with the music going over the water...there was a lot of smoking and acid involved in that session." [4]

Contents

A music video was shot for this song in Thor's Cave, Staffordshire; this was the same cave pictured on the front of Verve's album A Storm in Heaven , and also features in the music video for Blue. [5]

The cover of this single was taken on Snake Pass, Glossop, Derbyshire, England and was the basis for their greatest hits album, This Is Music: The Singles 92–98 . [6]

Track listings

  1. She's a Superstar – 8:56
  2. Feel – 10:42
  1. "She's a Superstar (edit) – 5:03
  2. "Feel" – 10:42

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References

  1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 20 June 1992. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 Storm in Heaven Collector's Deluxe Reissue (Liner Notes)
  3. "Unsung – Reviews – She's A Superstar". Head Heritage. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  4. Storm in Heaven Collector's Deluxe Reissue (Liner Notes)
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