
You Were Mine
1997 · From Wide Open Spaces
Two sisters writing about their parents' divorce, and a demo vocal that won Natalie Maines the lead job.
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Two sisters writing about their parents' divorce, and a demo vocal that won Natalie Maines the lead job.

DeLonge's parents divorced when he was eighteen; Finn produced, and the wrecking-ball video was reshot after September 11.

Stills took the Curtis Brothers' 'Seven League Boots', rewrote the words and chorus, and turned a divorce into open ocean.
Bakithi Kumalo's fretless bass and a Nigerian pedal steel carry it, with the Everly Brothers singing behind Simon.

Ulvaeus wrote it in an hour over whisky; the video came ten days after his divorce from Fältskog was final.

Padgham's talkback-microphone accident on Peter Gabriel's third album, a Roland CR-78 pattern, and pop's most anticipated drum entrance.