"She's a Windup" is a
song by the band
Dr. Feelgood. The track was
recorded in 1977,
and appeared on ''
Be Seeing You
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The album reached number 55 in the UK Albums Chart in ...
'', an
album by Dr. Feelgood that was released in September that year.
"She's a Windup" was also released as a
single
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in the
UK in September 1977.
Written by all the band members, and
produced
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by
Nick Lowe, the song was Dr. Feelgood's second
hit single
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.
The
B-side
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of the
record
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, "Hi-Rise", was penned solely by
Gypie Mayo.
It reached number 34 in the
UK Singles Chart, and spent five weeks in the listing.
A 12" single (12 UP 36304), issued at the same time as the 7" single, had an additional track on the B-side, a live version of "Homework".
The cover shown is the original 12", with a "rubber stamp" logo in the corner. The 7" was released in a plain sleeve.
On 20 September 1977 Dr. Feelgood
recorded a
Peel Session
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on
BBC Radio 1.
Their set list included "She's A Wind Up", along with "You Upset Me Baby", "
Baby Jane" and "99.5".
A version of "She's A Wind Up" was also included in Dr. Feelgood's 1979
live album
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, ''As It Happens'', and on a number of their
compilation album
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s, such as ''Singles - The UA Years''.
References
External links
*
{{Dr. Feelgood (band)
1977 singles
Music in Southend-on-Sea
Song recordings produced by Nick Lowe