| "This Is What She's Like" | |
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 Cover of the UK single | |
| Song by Dexys Midnight Runners | |
| from the album Don't Stand Me Down | |
| Released | 1985 |
| Length | 12:23 (album version) |
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| "This Is What She's Like" on YouTube | |
"This Is What She's Like" is a song by Dexys Midnight Runners, released on their third studio album Don't Stand Me Down in September 1985 by Mercury Records, and in November 1985 as a single. The song is credited to Kevin Rowland, Billy Adams, and Helen O'Hara, with production by Rowland and Alan Winstanley. The song, inspired by Rowland's relationship with O'Hara, includes spoken conversations between Rowland and Adams. Rather than answering Adams's repeated in-song question about what "she" is like, Rowland contrasts the "she" of the title with people who irritate him, for example those who put creases in their jeans, and members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
The music changes throughout the song, with critics noting an apparent influence of work by the Beach Boys. The song and album received a mixed critical response, and the single was not a commercial success, peaking at number 78 on the UK Singles Chart.
- ^ Don't Stand Me Down (Album label). Mercury Music. 1985.