Shesmovedon Explained

Shesmovedon
Cover:Porcupine Tree-Shesmovedon.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Porcupine Tree
Album:Lightbulb Sun
Released:July 2000
Genre:Progressive rock, alternative rock
Length:5:13 (album version)
3:50 (edit)
19:01 (regular CD)
18:31 (limited CD)
7:40 (7" vinyl)
Label:KScope / Snapper
Prev Title:Four Chords That Made a Million
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Blackest Eyes
Next Year:2003

"Shesmovedon" (pronounced as "She's Moved On") is a single by British progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, released in July 2000, from the Lightbulb Sun album. It came in three forms: a regular CD, a limited-version CD (2,000 copies) and a 7" vinyl (1,000 copies). The single reached #4 in the NME independent chart in its first week of release.

Track listing (regular CD)

  1. "Shesmovedon" (Edit) – 3:50
  2. "Cure for Optimism" – 6:13
  3. "Untitled" – 8:52

Track listing (limited CD)

  1. "Shesmovedon" (Album Version) – 5:19
  2. "Russia on Ice" (Demo Version) – 13:10

Track listing (7" vinyl)

  1. A/ "Shesmovedon" (Edit) – 3:50
  2. B/ "Novak" – 3:50

Personnel

All tracks written by Steven Wilson, except "Untitled" and "Russia on Ice" written by Barbieri, Edwin, Maitland and Wilson.

Although the first track on the limited edition CD is labeled "album version", it differs slightly from that version, as on the album the track segues into the next song "Last Chance To Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled" while on the single it has a clean ending.

Deadwing version

The song was re-recorded in the studio by the then-current lineup during the Deadwing album sessions. Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth performed harmony vocals on that version. It was released as a bonus track on the American version of Deadwing.