"She Is Suffering" is a song by Welsh

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band

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. It was released in October 1994 by record label

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as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, ''

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''. It was their last single to feature

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before his disappearance on 1 February 1995. The single reached number 25 on the

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on 15 October 1994.

Content

According to its lyricist,

, the song's title refers to "Desire. In other bibles and holy books, no truth is possible until you empty yourself of desire. All commitment otherwise is fake/lies/economic convenience".

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also noted, "It's quite a simple song, both musically and lyrically. It's kind of like the

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thing where you can only reach eternal peace by shedding every desire in your body."

Promotion

Promotion for the single included

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performing an acoustic version of the song on

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's Sunday afternoon TV/radio

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Music video

A promo video for the song was directed by Alfonso Doring, which featured performance clips interspersed with shots of art mannequins. In the music magazine ''

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'', Wire described the

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to "She Is Suffering" as "absolute shite beyond belief". It was released on the band's ''Forever Delayed'' video compilation DVD (2002).

Track listings

* All live tracks were recorded at the

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, London, England, on 2 March 1994 in aid of the Philip Hall Memorial Fund for

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Charts

References

Sources

* {{Authority control 1994 singles 1994 songs Epic Records singles Manic Street Preachers songs Songs written by James Dean Bradfield Songs written by Nicky Wire Songs written by Richey Edwards Songs written by Sean Moore (musician)