Shesmovedon

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"Shesmovedon"
Porcupine Tree-Shesmovedon.jpg
Single by Porcupine Tree
from the album Lightbulb Sun
Released10 July 2000 [1]
Genre Progressive rock, alternative rock
Length5:13 (album version)
3:50 (edit)
19:01 (regular CD)
18:31 (limited CD)
7:40 (7" vinyl)
Label KScope / Snapper
Songwriter Steven Wilson
Porcupine Tree singles chronology
"Four Chords That Made a Million"
(2000)		"Shesmovedon"
(2000)		"Blackest Eyes"
(2003)

"Shesmovedon" (pronounced as "She's Moved On") is a song by the British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree. It was released on 10 July 2000 as the second single from the band's sixth studio album Lightbulb Sun .

Contents

The song reached No. 85 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2005, it was re-recorded as a bonus track for the band's eighth album Deadwing .

Background

The song was re-recorded in the studio by the then-current lineup during the Deadwing album sessions. Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth performed harmony vocals on that version. It was released as a bonus track on the American version of Deadwing.

About the re-recording, drummer Gavin Harrison said: "One DJ somewhere in the states said that it was his favorite song of all time and told the company that if we re-recorded it on Deadwing, he’d play it non-stop. Apparently, he didn’t play it at all. We didn’t want to re-record it." [2]

Track listing (regular CD)

  1. "Shesmovedon" (Edit) – 3:50
  2. "Cure for Optimism" – 6:13
  3. "Untitled" – 8:52

Track listing (limited CD)

  1. "Shesmovedon" (Album Version) – 5:19
  2. "Russia on Ice" (Demo Version) – 13:10

Track listing (7" vinyl)

  1. A/ "Shesmovedon" (Edit) – 3:50
  2. B/ "Novak" – 3:50

Personnel

All tracks written by Steven Wilson, except "Untitled" and "Russia on Ice" written by Barbieri, Edwin, Maitland and Wilson.

Although the first track on the limited edition CD is labeled "album version", it differs slightly from that version, as on the album the track segues into the next song "Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled" while on the single it has a clean ending.

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
UK Indie (OCC) [3] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [4] 85

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 8 July 2000. p. 23.
  2. ↑ "Deadwing". Neural Rust. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
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