Released 25 November 1996 Genre Jangle pop Label Go!, Ark 21 | Recorded 1996 Length 3:23 | |
Writer(s) Paul Heaton & Dave Rotheray | ||
"Don't Marry Her" is a song by The Beautiful South and the opening track on their album Blue is the Colour. Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry, and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting a very uninviting picture.
Background
The song's lyrics were substantially altered for the release as a single - changing from "Don't marry her, fuck me" to "Don't marry her, have me", and with "sweaty bollocks" becoming "Sandra Bullocks". The song spent ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #8 The single version appears on the best of album Solid Bronze: Great Hits, while Soup features the original album version.
References
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