"There She Goes" is a pop song written by Liverpool singer/guitarist Lee Mavers and recorded first by Mavers' band, The La's.
The first version of the song was released by The La's in 1988, but failed to chart. The track was remixed by Steve Lilywhite in 1990 for inclusion on their debut album The La's. This remixed version was issued as a single in 1990, and hit #13 in the UK charts (and later hit #49 in the U.S.). It was the biggest success The La's were to ever enjoy and remains the song for which the band is chiefly remembered.
Structurally, the song is very simple and contains no verses, only a single chorus repeated four times and a bridge.
"There She Goes" has appeared on several movie soundtracks, including The Parent Trap (1998), Fever Pitch (1997), and So I Married an Axe Murderer (where both the original and Boo Radleys version appear).
"There She Goes" also appeared on the beginning of Gilmore Girls pilot episode, which originally aired on October 5, 2000.
It has been covered by Sixpence None the Richer (whose version, recorded in a different key, became a hit single), Robbie Williams, and The Boo Radleys, among many others.
"There She Goes" has gained a certain reputation as being about using heroin. The lyrics seem to refer to a woman, but on closer inspection of some lines ("There she goes again... racing through my brain... pulsing through my vein... no one else can heal my pain"), the possible drug connotations become apparent. Several newspapers ran articles about The La's and their apparent ode to heroin. When asked about the rumor in 1995, the group's bassist John Power replied, "I don't know. Truth is, I don't wanna know. Drugs and madness go hand in hand. People who you've known all your life... they're steady, then they're not. But you can't ponder, cos' it kills you, la.'"
However, in the 2003 book In Search of The La's : A Secret Liverpool by MW Macefield, ex-La's guitarist Paul Hemmings denied the rumour.
It is unlikely that Sixpence None The Richer believed the rumour due to their Christian ethics. They made a cover version of the song.
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "There She Goes" at number 45 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
"There She Goes Again" is a song by The Velvet Underground. It first appeared on their 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico. The syncopated guitar riff is taken from the 1962 Marvin Gaye song, "Hitch Hike", but is most likely influenced by The Rolling Stones' cover version, from their 1965 album Out of Our Heads. Apparently, the lyrics are an ode to a tough, seductive street walker.
A cover of the song appeared as a B-side on the 1983 REM single ,"Radio Free Europe".
