Your Ghost

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"Your Ghost"
Your Ghost Kristin Hersh.jpg
Single by Kristin Hersh
from the album Hips and Makers
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)
Studio Stable Sound (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s) Kristin Hersh
Producer(s)
Kristin Hersh singles chronology
"Your Ghost"
(1994)
"A Loon"
(1994)

"Your Ghost" is the first track from American singer Kristin Hersh's debut solo studio album, Hips and Makers . It features additional backing vocals from Michael Stipe of R.E.M. 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.

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Description

The song was released as a single on January 10, 1994. [1] 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. [2] 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 . [3]

Track listing

  1. "Your Ghost"
  2. "The Key"
  3. "Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti"
  4. "When the Levee Breaks"

Charts

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