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"And She Was" is the name of a rock song from the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures written by David Byrne. According to Byrne, the song was written about a girl he knew who used to take LSD in a field next to a Yoo-hoo beverage factory in Baltimore, Maryland. It reached number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the British singles chart.
[edit] In popular culture
- "And She Was" was parodied on Sesame Street in 1989 under the title "Beginning Middle and End". Influenced by David Byrne, the animated segment was made by Sally Cruikshank which explains how a story is put together beginning, middle, and end with the help of the main character, Seymour. (YouTube link)
- "And She Was" was featured in the 1989 film Look Who's Talking during a montage of the mother-to-be Molly preparing for her child's arrival.
- In the 2005 movie Bewitched, the song plays as Isabel (Samantha) transforms her world from magic to normal in her quest to be a regular person instead of a witch.
- A cover of the song by Keaton Simons is heard in the 2005 teen superhero comedy Sky High.
- And She Was is also the title of a 2006 novel that takes place in Alaska by Cindy Dyson. The character figures out her destiny through this song. It is also featured in the introduction to the novel with the full lyrics. The titles of the chapters are lines from the song.
