"Your Ghost" | ||||
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Single by Kristin Hersh | ||||
from the album Hips and Makers | ||||
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Released | January 10, 1994 | |||
Studio | Stable Sound (Portsmouth, Rhode Island) | |||
Length | 3:16 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Kristin Hersh | |||
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Kristin Hersh singles chronology | ||||
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"Your Ghost" is the first track from American singer Kristin Hersh's debut solo studio album, Hips and Makers . The song is about overcoming the death of a close friend and features additional backing vocals from Michael Stipe of R.E.M. [1] Released as a single in January 1994, "Your Ghost" reached number one in Iceland, became a top-30 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands, and reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song was released as a single on January 10, 1994. [2] It reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It was voted in at number 41 on Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1994. [3]
According to Filmmaker magazine, the music video for the song was directed by Katherine Dieckmann and is an homage to Maya Deren's groundbreaking 1943 experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon . [4]
Weekly charts
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | January 10, 1994 |
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United States | January 11, 1994 | Radio | Sire | [1] |