With David Bowie

Album: Eight Arms to Hold You (1997)
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Songfacts®:

  • Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt spent a lot of her childhood listening to David Bowie on her Walkman, leading her to write this song for Veruca Salt's second album. "It's about coming of age, and my band, and being obsessed with songwriters," she told Entertainment Weekly.

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  • Eliseu Carvalho from Canoas, Rs, BrazilI wonder what does David Bowie have to say about that song...
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