Screaming Issue

Album: I'm Alright (1985)
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  • Lucy Wainwright Roche is the daughter of singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright III and Suzzy Roche. This was written by her father and his wife's sister Terre Roche of The Roches about her.

    Wainwright Roche told The Sun the story of the song: "I was born on December 16 and I was very unhappy baby who cried a lot. The story goes that on the rainy New Years Eve of that year, my dad and my aunt Terre wrote 'Screaming Issue' about me why I cried and cried."
  • Lucy Wainwright Roche covered this with her half sister Martha Wainwright for their 2015 Songs in the Dark album.

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