Recorded 2006 Label B-Unique | Length 3:16 | |
Released UK 19 June 2006
United States 22 June 2007 Genre Pop punk
Alternative rock
Electro disco Writer(s) James Frost
Iwan Griffiths
Robin Hawkins
Alex Pennie | ||
"That's What She Said" is the lead track on Welsh band The Automatic's debut album Not Accepted Anywhere. The track was recorded in Stir Studio in Cardiff.
Contents
Meaning
The track drones of the unhappy day-to-day lives, waiting for the weekend to begin.
Release
The song itself was performed live for the first time ever at Cardiff Barfly on New Year's Eve 2005.
On the "Recover" 2006 single, a recording from The Electric Ballroom in London of the track is featured as a B-side, where the song is played considerable faster live.
The track was featured on Kerrang!'s CD New Breed.
The song's most notable performances include Later... with Jools Holland where the band replaced Keane, and in USA during SXSW from the Bat Bar
Musicians
Performance
With the departure of Alex Pennie, Paul Mullen uses a microKORG during the verse, then in the chorus switches to guitar, Paul also uses a vocoder during many of the vocal parts of the song whilst Rob sings lead vocals during the verse, Frost during the pre-chorus and then Rob again during the chorus.