There She Goes (The La's song)

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"There She Goes"
There She Goes by The La's 1990 reissue.jpg
Artwork for 1990 reissue
Single by the La's
from the album The La's
B-side
  • "Come In, Come Out"
  • "Who Knows"
  • "Man I'm Only Human"
  • "All by Myself"
Released1988
Recorded1987–1988
Studio Woodcray (Wokingham, England)
Genre
Length
  • 2:42 (album version)
  • 2:31 (single version)
Label Go! Discs
Songwriter(s) Lee Mavers
Producer(s) Bob Andrews
The La's singles chronology
"Way Out"
(1987)		"There She Goes"
(1988)		"Timeless Melody"
(1990)
"Timeless Melody"
(1990)
"There She Goes"
(1990)
"Feelin'"
(1991)

Other reissues

Personnel

The La's [18]

Production [18]

Other personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Sixpence None the Richer version

"There She Goes"
Sixpence None The Richer - There She Goes.jpg
Single by Sixpence None the Richer
from the album Sixpence None the Richer
B-side "Kiss Me" (acoustic)
Released12 July 1999 (1999-07-12)
Length2:43
Label
Songwriter(s) Lee Mavers
Producer(s)
Sixpence None the Richer singles chronology
"Kiss Me"
(1998)		"There She Goes"
(1999)		"I Can't Catch You"
(2000)
Music video
"There She Goes (Official)" on YouTube

American Christian alternative rock band Sixpence None the Richer released a cover version of the song in July 1999 as the second single from their third studio album, Sixpence None the Richer (1997). The band's rendition of the song reached number two in Iceland, number 12 in Canada, number 14 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 32 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Track listings

UK CD and cassette single [31] [32]

  1. "There She Goes" (LP version) – 2:42
  2. "There She Goes" (Ben Grosse mix) – 2:42
  3. "Kiss Me" (acoustic version) – 3:12

UK 7-inch single and European CD single [33] [34]

A. "There She Goes" (LP version) – 2:42
B. "Kiss Me" (acoustic version) – 3:12

Australian CD single [35]

  1. "There She Goes" (album mix) – 2:42
  2. "There She Goes" (remix) – 2:42
  3. "Kiss Me" (live in Hollywood, 12 February 1998) – 3:28

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [58] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United States12 July 1999 Alternative radio [59]
2 August 1999 [60] [61]
3 August 1999 Contemporary hit radio [60]
United Kingdom6 September 1999
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [62]

In media

It has appeared on several film soundtracks, including The Parent Trap ; Fever Pitch ; Girl, Interrupted ; Cold Case ; The Adventures of Pete and Pete ; Snow Day ; and So I Married an Axe Murderer (where both the original and The Boo Radleys version appear). It also opens the "Pilot" episode of Gilmore Girls . Sixpence None the Richer's version of the song was used in Family Guy and the commercials for birth-control company Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo from 2004 to 2005. [63]

The song was also used for the opening montage of the first episode of Channel 4's drama series This Is England '90 , which also featured outgoing Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's resignation speech. [64]

The song was used frequently for slow-motion scenes with Nori in the U.S. TV series Me, Myself & I .

The BBC comedy drama There She Goes was named after the song, as the show’s creator Shaun Pye listened to it whilst writing the first script. [65]

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