Nude as the News
"Nude as the News" is a song by the American singer/songwriter, Cat Power (a.k.a. Chan Marshall). It is the fourth song on her 1996 album, What Would the Community Think. It was released as a single, and a music video shot entirely in black and white and directed by Brett Vapnek.
| "Nude as the News" | ||||
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| Single by Cat Power | ||||
| from the album What Would the Community Think | ||||
| B-side | "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" | |||
| Released | December 12, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Punk blues, southern gothic | |||
| Label | Matador Records OLE-240 (Europe only) OLE-202 (Europe only) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chan Marshall | |||
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The song is autobiographical and tells the story about an abortion that Marshall had when she was twenty. The chorus lyric “Jackson, Jesse, I’ve got a son in me” references the names of the children of one of Marshall's heroes, Patti Smith.[1]
The b-side "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" is a composition of the two songs "Schizophrenia" by Sonic Youth and "Weighted Down (The Prison Song)" by Skip Spence.
Track listing
- "Nude as the News" (Chan Marshall) – 4:23
- "Schizophrenia's Weighted Me Down" – 2:49
- "Schizophrenia" written by Thurston Moore
- "Weighted Down (The Prison Song)" written by Alexander Spence
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