She Sells Sanctuary
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| Single by The Cult from the album Love |
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| Released | May 17 1985 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl 7" and 12" Cassette |
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| Recorded | 11 to 15 March, 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:23 6:57 (Long Version) |
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| Label | Beggars Banquet | ||||
| Writer(s) | Ian Astbury Billy Duffy |
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| Producer | Steve Brown | ||||
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| 1993 Remix cover | |||||
Cover To Sanctuary MCMXCIII
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She Sells Sanctuary was a single from the rock band The Cult's Love album in 1985.
The band has released various versions of this song. In June, 1985, a few months prior to the release of the Love album, three versions had been released: The Long Version, The Howling Mix, and Assault on Sanctuary. It is the last song to be recorded with The Cult's drummer and close friend of Ian Astbury, Nigel Preston. In 1993, several more mixes were released on two different CD singles, each called Sanctuary MCMXCIII volumes one and two. The "Sundance" remix was remixed by Butch Vig who previously had produced Nirvana's Nevermind Album. The "Dog Star Rising" remix was remixed by "Youth" who has produced The Cult's latest album Born Into This.
Various artists have paid tribute to the The Cult and covered this song. Los Angeles-based band "The Distants" recently covered She Sells Sanctuary on their 2006 release of Broken Gold. English Pop-Rock band Keane recently covered this song as a B-Side on their single A Bad Dream. Britt Black released her first solo album Blackout which included her take of this song. Other bands to have covered this song were Enuff Znuff which was released on Fire Woman: A Tribute to The Cult (2001) and Oh Mr. Grant! which was released on the now discontinued Horse Nation: A Tribute to the Life, Music, and Spirit of The Cult (1997). The Dandy Warhols covered the song for the charity compilation album Bridging the Distance: A Portland OR Covers Collection. [1]The Manic Street Preachers often use this song as the oppening sequence into Motown Junk at live shows.
The song is featured in the PlayStation 2 video games Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and in the films Free Enterprise and Layer Cake. The song is also featured in the video game Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2. The song has also been confirmed for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith.
The song is also featured in the 1994 movie With Honors (film) and was the third song on the movie's soundtrack.
[edit] Track listing
Vinyl 7" A Side : She Sells Sanctuary
B Side : No.13
Vinyl 12" A Side: She Sells Sanctuary (Long Version)
B Side: The Snake, No.13 A Side: She Sells Sanctuary (Howling Mix)
B Side: Assault on Sanctuary
[edit] References
[edit] Sample
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary excerpt
