"Your Ghost" is the first track from American singer Kristin Hersh's debut solo studio album, Hips and Makers. It features additional backing vocals from Michael Stipe of R.E.M. Released as a single in January 1994, "Your Ghost" reached number one in Iceland, became a top-30 hit in Belgium and the Netherlands, and reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Your Ghost"
Single by Kristin Hersh
from the album Hips and Makers
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)
StudioStable Sound (Portsmouth, Rhode Island)
Length3:16
Label
Songwriter(s)Kristin Hersh
Producer(s)
Kristin Hersh singles chronology
"Your Ghost"
(1994)
"A Loon"
(1994)

Description edit

The song was released as a single on January 10, 1994.[1] It reached number 45 on the UK Singles Chart. It was voted in at number 41 on Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1994.[2] According to Filmmaker magazine, the music video for the song was directed by Katherine Dieckmann and is an homage to Maya Deren's groundbreaking 1943 experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon.[3]

Track listing edit

  • CD single (BAD 4001 CD)
  1. "Your Ghost"
  2. "The Key"
  3. "Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti"
  4. "When the Levee Breaks"

Charts edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Single Releases". Music Week. January 8, 1994. p. 15.
  2. ^ "Search". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "50 Most Important Independent Films", Filmmaker Magazine, 1996, retrieved February 15, 2008
  4. ^ "Kristin Hersh – Your Ghost" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.–30.3. '94)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). March 24, 1994. p. 20. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  6. ^ "Kristin Hersh – Your Ghost" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Árslistinn 1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). January 2, 1995. p. 16. Retrieved November 28, 2022.