Ana

Album: Bossanova (1990)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about surfing. Notice the first letter of each line for the meaning:

    (S)he's my fave
    (U)ndressing in the sun
    (R)eturn to sea
    (F)orgetting everyone
    (E)leven high
    (R)ide the wave
  • The Pixies aren't known for surf music, but it's something they enjoyed. Frontman Frank Black explained: "I think some of our stuff sounds kinda surfy sometimes. The sound is really basic and totally involves chord progressions and a cute little riff."

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  • Anon from UsaThank you for this because I thought he was listening to this song thinking of a girl but he was using his monkey man brain and just thinking about surfing.
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