She Is Suffering

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title: "She Is Suffering" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1994-singles", "1994-songs", "epic-records-singles", "manic-street-preachers-songs", "songs-written-by-james-dean-bradfield", "songs-written-by-nicky-wire", "songs-written-by-richey-edwards", "songs-written-by-sean-moore-(musician)"] description: "1994 single by Manic Street Preachers" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Is_Suffering" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1994 single by Manic Street Preachers ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]

Field	Value
name	She Is Suffering
cover	She_Is_Suffering.jpg
type	single
artist	Manic Street Preachers
album	The Holy Bible
released
genre	Post-punk
label	Epic
producer	Steve Brown
prev_title	Revol
prev_year	1994
next_title	A Design for Life
next_year	1996
misc
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| name = She Is Suffering | cover = She_Is_Suffering.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Manic Street Preachers | album = The Holy Bible | released = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Post-punk | length =

• 4:44 (album version)
• 4:07 (single version) | label = Epic | writer =
• James Dean Bradfield
• Sean Moore
• Nicky Wire
• Richey Edwards | producer = Steve Brown | prev_title = Revol | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = A Design for Life | next_year = 1996 | misc = "She Is Suffering" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in October 1994 by record label Epic as the third and final single from the band's third studio album, The Holy Bible (1994). It was their last single to feature Richey Edwards before his disappearance on 1 February 1995. The single reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart on 15 October 1994.

Content

According to its lyricist, Richey Edwards, the song's title refers to "Desire. In other bibles and holy books, no truth is possible until you empty yourself of desire. All commitment otherwise is fake/lies/economic convenience". Nicky Wire also noted, "It's quite a simple song, both musically and lyrically. It's kind of like the Buddhist thing where you can only reach eternal peace by shedding every desire in your body."

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "You should suffer too if you don't jump on this passionate rock song, their best since 1992's 'Motorcycle Emptiness'. Softies can play "MTV's Most Wanted" acoustic version." Martin Aston from Music Week gave it a score of four out of five, noting that the song "is slower than most of the Manics' predecessors but will still score".

Promotion

Promotion for the single included James Dean Bradfield performing an acoustic version of the song on RTÉ's Sunday afternoon TV/radio simulcast The Beatbox

Music video

A promo video for the song was directed by Alfonso Doring, which featured performance clips interspersed with shots of art mannequins. In the music magazine Melody Maker, Wire described the music video to "She Is Suffering" as "absolute shite beyond belief". It was released on the band's Forever Delayed video compilation DVD (2002).

Track listings

| all_music = James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore | all_lyrics = Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, except as noted | headline = CD single 1 | title1 = She Is Suffering | note1 = 7-inch radio edit | length1 = 4:07 | title2 = Love Torn Us Under | length2 = 3:42 | title3 = The Drowners | note3 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler | writer3 = Brett Anderson, Butler | length3 = 3:17 | title4 = Stay with Me | writer4 = Rod Stewart, Ron Wood | length4 = 3:37 | headline = CD single 2 | title1 = She Is Suffering | note1 = 7-inch radio edit | title2 = La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) | note2 = Vocal Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers | title3 = La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) | note3 = Dub Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers | title4 = Faster | note4 = Dub Mix) (remixed by the Dust Brothers | headline = 10-inch vinyl | title1 = She Is Suffering | note1 = 7-inch radio edit | length1 = 4:07 | title2 = The Drowners | note2 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler | writer2 = Anderson, Butler | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = Stay with Me | note3 = live | writer3 = Stewart, Wood | length3 = 3:37 | headline = Cassette | title1 = She Is Suffering | note1 = 7-inch radio edit | title2 = Love Torn Us Under | headline = European Maxi-CD single | title1 = She Is Suffering | note1 = 7-inch radio edit | title2 = The Drowners | note2 = live) (featuring Bernard Butler | writer2 = Anderson, Butler | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = Stay with Me | note3 = live | writer3 = Stewart, Wood | length3 = 3:37 | title4 = She Is Suffering | note4 = acoustic version) (live on MTV's Most Wanted | length4 = 4:01

• All live tracks (excluding the European release) were recorded at the Clapham Grand, Battersea, London, England, on 2 March 1994 in aid of the Philip Hall Memorial Fund for Cancer Research.

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1994) | Peak position | UK Singles (OCC) | |---|---|---| | 25 | | | ::

References

Sources

References

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7. Power, Martin. (17 October 2010). "Manic Street Preachers". Omnibus Press.
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