Sunday, October 16, 2016

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Sinead O'Connor recorded a song this song.  It made it to #1 on the charts in sixteen countries. Considered one of the best breakup songs.

It is a sad tale of depression that can follow after a tough split from the person you loved.

Every line of the song packs an emotional wallop. From the opening: "It's been seven hours and fifteen days, since you took your love away …"   It continues with a series of moods, from anguish, regret. through spitting anger, and finally to something close to resignation and acceptance. It is a lifetime's emotion magically condensed into four minutes.When Sinead cried in the video it was a real tear.  

What launched the song was the video. Most of it shows O'Connor's almost shaven head –  her eyes registering every line of the lyric. When she sings "all flowers in the backyard that you planted, mama, all died when you went away"  two tears run down her cheeks. Later it was said that this was because she was reminded of her mother.

Here is the song from the nineties.

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